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Cannot understand my sadness when I read it in TIME, Sept. 1. Always thought I had a "to hell with the British" feeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 29, 1947 | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

...line up Lady Halpert and your Art section editor long enough for me to whisper something in their shell-pink ears. The reproduction of Knight's Farmhouse Gossip is a very poor copy of an original painting called A Secret. . . . The original was photographic in style and a hell of a lot better than the foul copy "originated" by Mr. Knight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 29, 1947 | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

...letdowns for "just one Lucky or one quick beer." The only time a player may legitimately partake of anything stronger than rootbeer is when he's flat on his back on the field inhaling from a bottle of ammonia. On this point, the Varsity footballers agree. "What the hell," most of them will tell you, "it's just common sense...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 9/27/1947 | See Source »

...quality of featured creative writing that the publication's distinctive claim to excellence must lie. This time the copy looks good; and it is well above the average in published collegiate work. But "Burnt Mountain Revival," by William Austin Emerson, nearly overshadows its lively picture of hell's-fire-and-brimstone religion with contrived hillbilly dialogue ("Hit's a rite purty night, ant it,' Homer said, laying the paddle across the boat. 'God, he don't like a lot of rumpus, else why's it so quite out here.") Similarly, Robert K. Bingham's "Faux Pas" proceeds from an ingenious...

Author: By S. S. H, | Title: On the Shelf | 9/23/1947 | See Source »

...money by sneaking onto neighboring golf courses to retrieve lost balls. He could outrun the gang-and the cops-every time. But a stern talk from Ma Robinson put him out of business. She was, and is, a fervent Methodist who can be volubly graphic on the subject of hell. (A few weeks ago, when the Dodgers were not doing so well, Jackie wrote to his ma: "Quit praying just for me alone, Ma, and pray for the whole team...

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

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