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...look at the flags? Nobody looks at the flags. Everybody's wonderin' what's going on and nobody looks at the flags...

Author: By Jonathan B. Stein, | Title: BUS STOP: | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...parents tried to calm their petulant 17-month-old baby, a young and bushy-haired fellow approached. Clinton's first words were "Heeey there, you two. I've been wonderin' how long it would be 'fore I met the big guy. Give 'em here." At that point, Clinton picked me up from my father's arms and said, "Lucky for you that you look like your momma." He then tussled my hair, chuckled and handed me back. After that, he became solemn and said, "Len, Avis, I can't tell you how much I've preciated your support...

Author: By Tom Cotton, | Title: Clinton's Politicking Is Sincere | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

...brood over a Watergate jigsaw puzzle, or even write their friends on Watergate stationery. Or they can listen to a recording of the first (but undoubtedly not the last) country-and-western Watergate ballad, At the Watergate (The Truth Come Pouriri Out). Sample lyric: "If you're wonderin' why they wouldn't blow the whistle, it's no mystery/ Lots of cash and lots of hints of Executive clemency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: Cashing In on Watergate | 6/4/1973 | See Source »

...friend decided to try their wings at a grass airfield at Waynesburg. The event had something of the character of a corn-silk smoking session behind the barn. "I tell you," he says, "there was a lot of foot-draggin' on the way. I kept wonderin' out loud if we weren't goin' the wrong way. if we oughtn't to turn around. But we went up. finally, in a yellow, two-seat Piper Cub. The pilot kept me up there for half an hour, lettin' me take the stick and whip us through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Air Age: The Pilot | 5/11/1962 | See Source »

...matter of fact, it is pretty hard for a singer to go wrong with such durable tunes as // / Loved You, What's the Use of Wonderin'? and June Is Bustin' Out All Over. The best performance in the picture, however, is given by Jacques d'Amboise of the New York City Ballet. He revives the tired style of dancing developed by Choreographer Agnes de Mille like a bucket of fresh water on a wilted stalk of corn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Facing the Music | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

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