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...took to the streets when he deserted her five years later. After six months a madam named Mollie introduced her to a booker named Pete. "Mollie says, 'This is the new girl, Renee.' And I says, 'Hello.' And Pete says, 'Wanna work steady?' And I says, 'Yes, I do.' And he says, 'You know what you hafta wear?' And I says, 'Yeah, evening gowns. I got some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Bawdy Business | 5/25/1936 | See Source »

...Omaha, Joe Dusek was thrown out of the ring by his opponent. When spectators guffawed, Joe Dusek clenched his fists, barked "Wanna make something out of it?", offered to fight them in a group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dusek Doings | 1/21/1935 | See Source »

College Rhythm (Paramount). Three years ago, a second-rate vaudeville comedian, worried by a cold audience in Birmingham, Ala., acted on an irrational inspiration. He rushed out of the wings, whined at the master of ceremonies: "Wanna buy a duck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 3, 1934 | 12/3/1934 | See Source »

...neighboring plot the younger CRIMSON nine was practicing: our cubs as we affectionately call them. They were getting along in splendid fashion with a large crowd watching them whom suddenly a little urchin standing near third base called out: "Hey give us back our ball and bat. We wanna play by ourselves." Our men tested out some reserve who said his name was Morison but they were not satisfied and kept asking for their bat. This was finally returned to them and then the whole crowd suddenly disappeared...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Favored in Annual Baseball Classic With Lampoon Men Today | 5/24/1934 | See Source »

Typical scene: Foster refusing at first to surrender, "I wanna show the world that I don't like it. To show the world that 7 object to it. Do ya think that I wanna die? Ya think that I ain't a human being? Ya think I don't wanna live? Ya think it's nice to wait in that rotten cell, day after day. week after week, month after month, and see men die, one after another, see lights go dim. hear the whine of that motor, and wait and wait and wait, and die a million times every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 8, 1932 | 8/8/1932 | See Source »

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