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...hurts. It feels as if someone with the best intentions has shot you in the chest. Discourage people from telling you jokes; don't laugh. Stay still; when you walk, do it carefully. When Henry Kissinger got out of bed after a bypass years ago, he remarked, "Diss vass a bitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advice from a Bypass Buddy | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

...GAINESVILLE, GA., Hall County sheriff Bob Vass warned Ku Klux Klan leaders they would be jailed if they tried, by holding a march on Halloween, to evade a state law that forbids wearing masks or hoods to conceal a person's identity. "If they've got on a Klan robe and a Klan hat and any type of mask, including a Mickey Mouse mask, they will be arrested," said Vass. And then have to deal with Michael Eisner, he might have added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 9, 1998 | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

Broad-bosomed, asthmatic Stella Vass has vague socialist principles and treasures a few memories of exhilarating political outings. She despises her weak-kneed husband Andrew, who slaves away in a demeaning job in a London bank. Trying to describe him to a friend, Stella explains: "Have you ever opened an egg and found nothing but a little dried-up tissue and hot, smelly air inside?" She goads him to stand up to his boss, the formidable J. T. Sarson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pinned by the Panther | 1/31/1964 | See Source »

Habit. In Amagansett, N.Y., Alan Vass. charged with burglary when police found 79 pairs of women's shoes (all sizes 5 to 6) in his attic and garage, was ready with his explanation: "My wife once said she liked that kind. I got started taking them and couldn't stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 9, 1949 | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

They surrounded themselves with some of the greatest names of the stage, among them, Lillian Russell, DeWolf Hopper and David Warfield. For every serious success other producers had, Weber & Fields turned out a broad and successful burlesque. They matched Du Barry with Du Hurry, Quo Vadis with Whoa Vass Iss?, Cyrano de Bergerac with Cyranose. Whatever the title, Weber & Fields remained the same. Lew Fields tried to explain, Joe Weber couldn't understand. Joe Weber disgraced himself, Lew Fields hit him over the head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Weber & . . . | 7/28/1941 | See Source »

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