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...radio comedy leans heavily on dumb-belles. Last week, in the artfully stumbling footsteps of Gracie Allen, Jane Ace and other attractive dunderheads, a blonde newcomer was malapropping her way to the top. My Friend Irma (CBS, Mon. 10 p.m., E.S.T.), a situation comedy about a dumb stenographer and her smart roommate, was doing all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Dizzy Blonde | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

Back on the bench, everyone but Boston was cheering. When the shouts died down they saw him looking down the field at Farrell and heard him murmur: "The dumb Irishman...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Jayvees Always Fight For Boston | 10/18/1947 | See Source »

...Washington, who made the All-America first team. He and Jackie had no particular love for each other, but both deny persistent campus rumors that they once had a knockdown, drag-out fight in a dark alley. "T'ain't so," says Jackie, "I'm not dumb enough to have a fight with Kenny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rookie of the Year | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

Born Yesterday. Amusing farce about a big-shot racketeer and his dumb blonde (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway, Sep. 15, 1947 | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

Money for the plot had been supplied by Dominican exiles and by patriots in Trujilloland itself. "General" Juan Rodriguez Garcia had put up the most cash. Until the Dictator dispossessed him two years ago, he had been the Dominican Republic's biggest rancher. Cuban officials played dumb, but that they knew about what was going on was obvious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: The Invaders | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

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