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...village over there," explained the American. "Well," the peasant muttered half to himself, "that certainly seems a complicated way to do such a simple job." "Is that so?" asked the engineer. "And just how would you go about it?" "Well," said the Greek, "I'd just let this ass loose and tell him to go home. He'd take the shortest road." "Oh," said the engineer, "and what would you do if you didn't have him?" The peasant sucked thoughtfully on a piece of straw for several minutes. "In that case," he said at last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: THE STORIES THEY TELL, Dec. 6, 1948 | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...Hecht, who from a safe distance has long and loudly egged on Jewish terrorists, also made a statement. Said he: "[Bernadotte] was an ass not worthy of so fine a death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Bernadotte's Eulogy | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

Then he turned angrily on the committeemen: "I would like to say that to come here and discover that the ass under the lion's skin is Crosley-I don't know why your committee didn't pursue this careful method of interrogation at an earlier date before all of this publicity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Confrontation | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

...Medical Association, to make a scientific test of her treatment. Boasted she: "I will grow hair on any person chosen by the A.M.A. and do it under observation." Dr. Fishbein wasn't having any. Said he, fingering his own bald head and repeating an ancient wheeze: "'Any ass in Athens can grow more hair than the wisest man.' These cells are dead. Anybody who can restore hair in dead cells can restore people from the grave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bald Claims | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

ROBERT M. McCRUDY Ass't City Manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 2, 1948 | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

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