"Future Ain't What It Used to Be"

[Mullins, Bill]

Thinking Things Over
By VERMONT ROYSTER
Wall Street Journal (1889-Current file); Feb 13, 1974; ProQuest
Historical Newspapers The Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1987)
pg. 16

"There's no doubt about it, the future ain't what it used to be."

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> Is anyone willing to search ProQuest Historical Newspapers to
> see if there are any pre-1977 hits for "the future ain't what
> it used to be" or "the future isn't what it used to be"?
>
> Fred Shapiro
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