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Michael's Inishmurray had no police, no magistrate, no roads, no shops­and no taxes. Although a lone Protestant resident, a schoolteacher who spent a short time on the island in the early 1800s, was held responsible for "the land losing its fertility and the fish forsaking the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRELAND: The Broth of a King | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

Said Fairless: "The average price of all the finished steel we have sold this year has been just under a nickel a pound, and some of our products now sell at less than 3½? . . . What else in the world can you buy for 3½? a pound? Eggs, butter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STEEL: Cheaper than Dirt | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

The Dare. Portly Police Commissioner John C. Prendergast, Chief Ray Crane and two policemen took the dare, sprinted for the front door, edged into the choking smoke inside. Craig, flat on the upstairs landing, began potting at them. They retreated, firing.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Come In an' Git Me! | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

Morale in Class F is very high ... it was especially high last Saturday night. It seems Mr. Brooks gave an excellent speech, Mr. Bradley was loquacious; Mr. Conn was potting up the house, and everyone was happy. Oftentimes junior officers consider entertaining senior officers'' wives what one might say a...

Author: By M. J. Bratton, | Title: THE NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL | 6/11/1943 | See Source »

When Luftwaffe pilots first met the Fortresses, they had a brutal shock. Used to sitting beyond the short range of .30-caliber guns and potting British bombers with their light aircraft cannon, Messerschmitt and Fw-190 pilots found themselves in heavy fire as they approached the U.S. bombers. For a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Heavy-Gunned Dreadnought | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

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