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...listeners supply their own villains. Last week he complained that both the Democrats and the Republicans were trying to swipe the issue from him. "I was the first one to speak out on law and order, about a year and a half ago," he said. "Now they usin' our phrase." That is regrettably true, but Wallace can console himself with the knowledge that no one else has ridden the issue with quite the cowboy abandon that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Third Parties: Neither Tweedledum Nor Tweedledee | 9/20/1968 | See Source »

...another hundred," said Gleason. Shuman then ran through 70 balls righthanded, 30 more lefthanded, and shut Gleason out cold in a 100-point game. "I don't know who the hell I'm playin', but he sure does all right under the name he's usin'," said Jackie Gleason-who had been hustled by Willie Mosconi, the world's pocket-billiard champion (and, later on, technical adviser to The Hustler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Big Hustler Jackie Gleason | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

...Okla. ranch. "I keep a few calves so I'll be able to do a little ropin' and bulldoggin' of an evening," says Jim. But all that bone-breaking bareback riding will be behind him for good. Says he: "All the horses, on our place are usin' horses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Suicide Circuit | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

...drunk I can't see what's goin' on. They're tryin' to fool the American people. That's what Barnum said, the American people likes to be fooled. Can't trust anything you read in the newspapers, all printed upside down. Them words they're usin', that's just to confuse people. Why in hell can't they say it in English...

Author: By Harry K. Schwartz, | Title: The Bloodshot Eye | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...show in the Mediterranean was I was on the bridge of the cruiser he was usin' for' a flagship. We had three other cruisers with us. Just like at Jutland, he was goin' ahead, scoutin' the enemy. 'Two Italian battleships, sir," I says. 'I can count, you bloody fool.' he says. Shortly was more Eyeties. 'Eighteen cruisers, sir.' I says. 'Dammit, man, I'm not blind,' he says. So then I decided I'd better hold my jaw, and shortly when there was more Eyeties I didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: AT SEA: Old Splash Guts | 9/15/1941 | See Source »

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