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Word: booed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Modern Design (Sammy Kaye; Victor). The celebrated boo-eeps of Pall Mall's radio plug. Listeners to the record are supposed to join in with their own boo-eeps, as Sammy Kaye's audiences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: November Records | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...fine triple-threat Junior, with lots on the ball. Norm Christenson, the guy who played right behind Nick Drahos on the line last year, fills up one of the tackle slots, while Ed VanOrder, who worked into the starting lineup late last season against Yale (do I hear a boo?), is his running mate. Then there are a couple of veteran ends in Ray Jenkins and Red Johnson. And that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Skeptical, Claim Big Red Squad Is Decimated | 10/8/1941 | See Source »

...second came at Class Day when the capped and gowned Seniors rose to boo the 1915 Ivy Orator when he said "We were not too proud to fight," hinting that perhaps the Class of 1940 was not so humble...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: War Couses Turbulent Two Years | 9/19/1941 | See Source »

...baiter," uttered in shrill tones of ethical exaltation, has a paralyzing effect on almost all liberal critics of Communism, is one of the most effective silencing tricks in the versatile Communist repertory. The Lyons recipe for overcoming it: "Walk up boldly to the terrible hobgoblin and . . . say, 'Boo!'' He warns liberals that they will not find it easy at first "and may have to practice it before their mirrors with doors closed and blinds drawn. . . . [But] in the end they will be cured, and will be able to examine the mythology of Stalinism as calmly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: THOSE COMMUNISTS | 9/15/1941 | See Source »

Died. Max ("Boo-Boo") Hoff, 48, tiny, roistering gambler, promoter, boxing-stable manager who made millions selling illicit liquor during Prohibition years, lost everything after Repeal, ended by running a soda-pop juke joint in West Philadelphia; apparently of an overdose of sleeping tablets; in Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 5, 1941 | 5/5/1941 | See Source »

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