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...whey-voiced, ding-this-and-dang-that farmer with a wit hot off the general-store stove. Is his wife happy? "I don't pry into her business none." Titus' farm is "somethin' like Communism. Nobody's got nothin', but everybody's workin'." Does he like the radio? "I don't hold with furniture that talks." Titus is anemic. If cut, he will not bleed; the wound will only "hiss and pucker." Says Allen: "Titus will be getting better when the other characters have dried up and blown away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The World's Worst Juggler | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...Billy Whiskers at the Circus, which was brought to school by Bobby Ritter. The Cassville (Wis.) American reported: "Wilbur K. Buschbom, otherwise Billy, returned Tuesday morning from the Carolinas. He is a cowboy rider and does trick roping. A fascinating, if dangerous life? Young Billy says, 'It beats workin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PEOPLE: Election Week | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

Jimmy Rushing last week modestly deprecated his role in the song's success. Drawled he: "Ah kinda like the idee of havin' a song written about me, but ah've been workin' hard lately an' ah'm only Mr. Four by Five right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ode to Jimmy | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

...hand walked back to the porch. "I ain't workin' here no more," he announced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - The Green Pastures | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

Engineering Sciences 4 is given at the Camp at Squam Lake. New Hampshire, during the summer, instruction is offered workin plan surveying, and curves and earthwork begins on Saturday. June 26, and continues for eight weeks, ending Friday, August...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Summer Course Offered | 6/14/1937 | See Source »

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