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...doesn't yell, holler, scream, shout; get angry, mad, furious; fly off the handle; pound the desk; fuss; fly in a rage; bite your head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Good Teacher | 8/21/1950 | See Source »

...Swiss can yodel, The Swiss can yell. And Waltham Watch Can go to hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 17, 1950 | 7/17/1950 | See Source »

...Swiss yodel The Swiss yell: Waltham Watch Has gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 17, 1950 | 7/17/1950 | See Source »

...Haskel, killer for hire, was a mighty surprised man. He had been paid to ride up to South Pass, Wyo. and plug a troublesome cowboy named Lincoln Bradway. But when the two men drew and fired, Gunman Haskel "uttered a loud yell of pain and dismay . . . Clapping his hands to his big paunch he sank to his knees, swayed and slowly collapsed a few yards from the sidewalk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heroes Ride On Forever | 6/19/1950 | See Source »

Menotti loves to argue philosophy before the fire, but he hates to haggle in the world of Broadway, where his successes have taken him. Says Producer Cowles, by now a case-hardened Broadwayite: "Anybody can get anything from Menotti if they just yell at him." So far no one has been able to yell him down on his own notions of artistic integrity. Menotti's formula is simple: "I take less money and get the kind of contract I want." He is probably the only musician ever to extort a contract from Hollywood (for two scripts in 1947) which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Composer on Broadway | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

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