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...young journalist has eyes in his ain and the similar governing association of athletics in America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Washington Is Best School for Aspirants to Sound Journalism | 6/7/1927 | See Source »

...Lordy! Is that a way t' talk about yer nation's defenders? Ain't yuh no patriotism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Whoops Sisters | 5/30/1927 | See Source »

...speech are finally gaining their deserved recognition. Such at least is the opinion set forth in an editorial in "Liberty" which takes up the cause of natural expressions such as "He don't" and "It's me" as opposed to the stilted "He doesn't" and "It's I." "Ain't," the writer admits with a sigh, is gradually losing ground in its fight to supplant the awkward "am not" or "aren...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD USAGE | 5/20/1927 | See Source »

Otto Grow: "Ef I kin get uh chanst to duck when me boss ain't lookin', I'll be there. Ya can't tell me they're goin' to play baseball alla time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AUTHORITIES VOICE COMMENDATION OF ATHLETIC REVIVAL | 5/7/1927 | See Source »

...Music seems to run in cycles," continued the entertainer. "We have had the Hawaiian cycle and the Blues cycle, the one in which oriental types of music were most popular, and then the verse type, the one in which 'It Ain't Gonna Rain No More' was popular. Present day popular music may be classed in what is known as the 'Hokum type...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Composer of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More" Defines Present Day Jazz as the "Hokum Type"--Says Radio Wears Music Out | 5/6/1927 | See Source »

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