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...Ain't What She Used...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History . . . | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

...plot! What plot? It just ain't there...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/26/1949 | See Source »

...circus, ain't it?" grinned Umpire Jocko Conlan as he looked over the Brooklyn Dodgers' training camp at Vero Beach, Fla. Some observers disagreed: it reminded them more of Willow Run or an Army basic training center. Whatever the word for Vero Beach, Dodger Boss Branch Rickey, the foxy grandpa of baseball, had brought mass production to spring baseball training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: They'll All Be Doing This | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...Louis think he was, anyway, dictating his own successor? The loudest screams came from Promoter Mike Jacobs, semi-retired boss of Manhattan's 20th Century Sporting Club: "I never thought he would do this to me . . . I'm getting back in harness in two weeks. We ain't conceding nothing." It was clear to him that Promoter Joe had declared war on Promoter Mike, the man who masterminded all of Louis' championship fights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Gentlemen's Agreement | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...reasonably expect that thousands of readers will plug right along until they find out whether the yellow girl gets off or not. Before they get through, however, a good many who order this one will understand the words of Kirk's plain-spoken sister-in-law: "There ain't a mite of use of dodging pain. [God will] hand you the cup, and then you got to dreen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Dash of King's Yellow | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

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