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Appearing tired from the long countrywide series of speeches he has been making, Wallace drew frequent laughs and outbreaks of applause from his crowd. A few eatcalls and boos, which Wallace laughingly referred to as "the Harvard raspberry," were heard from the audience.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wallace Hits Policy Shift | 10/2/1947 | See Source »

At week's end Evita, who has done Spain, Italy (TIME, July 14) and Portugal, left for Cannes. In Paris there had been no wild cheers as in Madrid, no boos as in Rome. Next week she plans to be in Switzerland, where it is cooler.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: La Belle Blonde | 8/4/1947 | See Source »

Cheers & Boos. For two days Congress waited for the President's decision on the labor bill. The day the message came, House & Senate galleries were packed, mostly with union sympathizers. In the House they cheered the veto message when it was read. Some Congressmen looked up and yelled "Boo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Majority Rules | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

Henaff reasoned with the workers. He told them they could have a bonus, but no wage raise that would wreck the price policy which the Communists and all parties were supporting. A storm of boos almost drowned the end of his speech.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Crisis | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

In Philadelphia, Soprano Kirsten Flagstad (who spent the war in Nazi-occupied Norway) got an ovation and boos. Outside the Academy of Music, pickets paraded; inside, stink bombs went off, detectives battled hecklers, and a free-for-all flowered in the third row orchestra.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 5, 1947 | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

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