Word: towns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hell of a Town...
Your reference to New York City as "a hell of a town," and placing that label on the cover of TIME [June 7] under the picture of the Honorable William O'Dwyer, is in very bad taste...
...teeth"), and when they left at midnight the Mayor uttered the words from which the story's cover caption was taken. Said he: "Do whatever you like with me in your story, but give New York a break. I love it. It's a hell of a town...
...bottoms and the back country, the Johnson City Windmill (named for Lyndon's home town) wowed the citizenry. Campaign workers raced ahead in cars to meeting places, strewing literature along the way. Johnson hovered over small towns, urging people to follow him. Over Forney he cried: "How's the gang in Adams' drugstore?" In Omaha he took Mayor Jack Vaughn, a young exmarine, up for a ride, gave him a chance to make a political speech...
...This Is New York. A deftly daffy screen version of Ring Lardner's The Big Town, with radio's Henry Morgan (TIME...