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...York. It would pick up the tab for a three-day whirl of luncheons, receptions and banquets for 5,000 people. All over the U.S., G.M. dealers were also cutting capers; Omaha Chevrolet dealers sent a flagpole sitter aloft for nine days (at $100 a day) to whomp up interest in the unveiling of new models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Forty-Niners | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...ideel. . . . Lately, other comical stripp cree-ay-ters bin cree-ay-tin even more horibul cree-ay-shuns than yo Like ladys wif gravel in thar hare, mudd in thar eyes an who smells badd. Natcherly, the Americun public in-joys this vurry much. . . . Go to it, Gooch, whomp up a lady that is so itchy, so shakey, so smelly, an so onbarubbly disgustin thet once agin yo will be the king of the funny page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Lena v. Gravel Gertie | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

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