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...spectacle of this society, all the springs of which are taut like the trigger of a weapon that one is about to fire, frightens me to the point of dizziness . . . I see as compensation for the misfortune of being born under this regime only dreams of arrogance and the hope of domination . . . Since I have come to Russia I see the future of Europe in black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Permanent Despotism | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

...Christmas Accardo decorated a 40-ft. tree on his lawn, installed electrically driven skaters, which glided around the lawn on tracks to the strains of Christmas carols. Tony wanted to be a good neighbor. He deplores the tattooed dove on his right hand, which twitches when he moves his trigger finger and reminds him of the days when he was an Al Capone bodyguard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: It Pays to Organize | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

...Chink came up and put his M-t against my head and pulled the trigger. The bullet creased my skull. The muzzle blast nearly tore my eardrum out. I flopped over and pretended I was dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: Ambush at Hoengsong | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

...life, intellect has betrayed Mathieu. "Enough! I'm through! I'm sick of being the wise guy, the guy who always sees straight! . . . If only I could have pressed my finger on the trigger, somewhere some German would have fallen...

Author: By Daniel Elisberg, | Title: Sartre: Anguish and Despair | 2/28/1951 | See Source »

Ways of Love, which apparently will never slip into vigilant Boston, has escaped from a trigger-happy censor and is now running with all three superb sections at the Paris, 58th and Fifth. If Cardinal Spellman make as much progress in New York as he has here, this may be nearly the last chance to see it in the East...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gotham Lights Beckon Exam Weary Students | 2/1/1951 | See Source »

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