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...which I am both sorry and glad; for ... all the men . . . who have seen him are such soft toads, they have done nothing but blast their eyes, and cry, ever since he was killed-God bless you! Chaps that fought like the devil sit down and cry like a wench...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Naval Person | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...Yenan's public relations, remained in the big city as liaison officer until negotiations broke down. Chou is the smoothest, most urbane of the Communist leaders; in school he was famous for his female impersonations in theatricals, his most brilliant role being that of a sexy peasant wench in a play called One Dollar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Man of Feeling | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

...Swedish damsel, Flanders jade, A dark Eiran colleen, A Chink, a Jap, a Negro maid, A primitive Slovene, Let chance but send a wench of these To mop our dusty floor, To wash our dinner dishes, please-We do not ask for more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: THE STORIES THEY TELL, Nov. 22, 1948 | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

Neither of the girls gets him, and Miss Winters gets nothing, finally, but a lead slug in her midriff. But not before her shrewd playing has made Tory a wench to be remembered. Larceny ends on a sad note, because sharp direction and dialogue have made its crooks into likable lads who seem to be getting a raw deal. This medium-budget picture's brisk, realistic details may make its manufacturers a tidy profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Oct. 4, 1948 | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

With her doom plainly forecast in the first reel, Rita is allowed to flounce from bed to worse, leaving a litter of broken taboos that the Johnston office would not permit if she were a virtuous heroine who could live happily ever after. For love of this heartless wench, men die like flies, beginning with an unctuous colonel of dragoons (Arnold Moss), and ending with poor Don José (Glenn Ford). Since wickedness does not pay, Carmen at last ends up with a knife in her own alluring torso. As the gypsy cigarette girl, Rita has a chance to spit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Sep. 6, 1948 | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

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