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Word: boob (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rube Goldberg, who draws the screwiest comic strips in the U. S. (Boob McNutt, Lala Palooza), and the stodgy New York Sun have one thing in common: conservatism in politics. Last week the Sun hired Rube as its political cartoonist, first one it has had in 18 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Rube in the Sun | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

...detail of cinema thrillers, depend for their excitement upon foolish exaggeration and lots of low comedy. For almost three acts, I Want a Policeman is motivated by the fact that every time somebody tries to tell somebody else how rich Mr. Davidson died, nobody will listen. Meanwhile, a boob policeman (Harold Moffet), a silly Englishwoman (Estelle Winwood) and an eccentric youngster (Clinton Sundberg) try for laughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 3, 1936 | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

Governor Sterling thought most of his legislators were opposed to cotton relief legislation. He declared he would be a "boob" to call them into session. When he discovered that a majority did favor legislative action, he issued the call and remarked: "It will be a farmers' session and they'll have to ramrod it themselves. I'm going fishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: Drop-a-Crop | 9/21/1931 | See Source »

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