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Last week, Busher was asked to give away plenty of poundage to her male competitors in Hollywood Park's $25,000 Will Rogers Handicap. She shouldered her 123 lbs. like a workwoman, got away fifth from her No. 1 post position, scarcely needed the gentle reminders from Johnny Longden's whip, drove hard for her 14th victory in 18 starts-but failed by a neck to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Foible-less Filly | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

Last week the pounding monotony became too much for one workwoman's clattering brain. She silently fainted. Another, noticing her, fainted. That attracted the attention of a third, who screamed. Another screamed, and set off a concatenation of emotion in which startled women yelled, fought, fainted, writhed hysterically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Modern Times | 6/21/1937 | See Source »

...Majesty & Her Majesty patriotically impersonated, last week, the roles of a stupid workman and workwoman trying to operate complex factory machinery on the good old British plan for "muddling through." Scene: the "Safety in Industry" room at the new Home Office Industrial Museum, London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Muddling Checked | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

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