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take it from me kiddo believe me my country, 'tis of you, land of the Cluett Shirt Boston Garter and Spearming Girl With the Wrigley Eyes (of you land of the Arrow Ide and Earl & Wilson Collars) of you i sing; land of Abraham Lincoln and Lydia E. Pinkham, land above all of Just Add Hot Water And Serve- from every B.V.D. let freedom ring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Laureate of the Boobolsie | 10/8/1945 | See Source »

...Tis said, the best-fed cats are the sleekest. Can it be that the systematic starvation to which the master race subjected the people of Europe and the stolen plenty in which they themselves wallowed may have been responsible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 20, 1945 | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

...them are good. The astounding Lalage hangs by one arm right under the roof while she flapjacks herself a hundred times or more; the Wallendas dazzle on the high wire. There are clowns in all sizes and shapes, and plenty of animals. Trained seals, tooting My Country, 'Tis Of Thee, manage to be irresistibly funny. For the first time the big wild animal act displays six statuesque chorines inside the cage, one of whom wraps a leopard around her bare shoulders. And down in the basement Mr. & Mrs. Gargantua carry on one of the greatest hate affairs on record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Signs of Spring | 4/16/1945 | See Source »

...Tis probably indigestion," said the [woman] doctor. "Are you sleeping alright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Corkers | 12/25/1944 | See Source »

...told an admirer, "you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both." To another he said: "I have been thinking . . . what creature you most resemble and 'tis the Rattle Snake : I am sure you have its Attractions, I think you have its Venom, too, and all the world knows you have its Rattle " quot;If I kept a harem," he once mused, "the ladies should all wear linen gowns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Immense Structure | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

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