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...plunged him into the already overcrowded field of expertising on the national defense budget. "I'm in the Pentagon on those service bands," said Petrillo. "I find out they got 187 of those bands. They got five in Washington alone, playing for some Congressman or other. 'Whaddya doin' with 187 of them and cutting $5,000,000,000 from the Air Force?' I said. If they cut that thing down to a hundred they save a billion a year. Maybe that ain't the figure . . . I'm no Walter Reuther...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 29, 1953 | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

...rolling, the Russians formally announced that they had invented the thing first. A Chicago beanery produced the 3-D Special, and a Midwestern minister gave a sermon on "Prayer-the Third Dimension." Exuberant Cinemogul George Skouras kissed Pageanteer Mike Todd in public. Somebody else brought out a Polaroid lorgnette. "Whaddya mean, vulgar?" cried one movieman. "Isn't the public entitled to be hit in the face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Strictly for the Marbles | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

...Paramount, for the benefit of 80-year-old Adolph Zukor, an antique stereo-camera was hauled up from the basement. Out the window went twelve days of production on Sangaree, a costume epic starring Fernando Lamas, and the whole thing was shot again in 3-D, with Technicolor. "Whaddya mean they won't wear glasses?" demanded Producer Bill Thomas. "They'll wear toilet seats around their necks if you give 'em what they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Strictly for the Marbles | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

...block west of Ebbets Field, at the Left Field Bar & Grill, a grim conversation was in progress. One voice said: "Dixie Walker ain't hittin', huh?" A dime bounced on the bar and a voice replied: "He'll hit ... but whaddya get from Durocher? He ain't lookin' over the rookies. Who's gonna be on first? Third base's wide open. Only three positions sewed down. The jerk! Gimme a libation, Eddie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Lip | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...twelve jewel Hamilton wrist-watch, a genuine leather wallet containing a ten dollar bill, and a genuine leather wallet without the ten dollar bill. Now, we have only a limited number of these boxes, so it will have to be first come first served. Who's gonna be first? Whaddya...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Pit | 3/29/1947 | See Source »

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