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Word: boose (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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But when Smith said, in answer to a question, "The deepest conviction that any Congressman ever has is that the will of the people ought to prevail. And when you think he is selling out other convictions, he is subordinating smaller convictions to the deepest conviction of a democratic representative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Cheers & Groans | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

London learned last week that when the Philharmonic recently appeared in Nantes, France no one went to hear it. By 10 o'clock the Nazis had rounded up a small crowd, but the program ended almost as soon as it began, in a chorus of yowls and boos.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Night of Discord | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

And so it has gone on from the day when the English drew their long bows and upset the flower of French chivalry at Creey and Agincourt to the cra when American fight fans finally decided that Jack Dempsey was an underdog and deserved cheers instead of boos. The hearts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: John Goliath | 11/22/1941 | See Source »

Dr. Hohman: "I think that's just plain "bunk. Any woman who can afford $15 a week for a nurse will gladly turn over her kids to one." (Boos, hisses.)

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Razzberries for Housewives | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

Boos & Catcalls. Congressmen, somewhat closer to business facts than Henry Morgenthau, reacted to the Secretary's proposal with cries of rage or the chill of absolute indifference. Nearly every Representative could point to at least one humming business in his own district which would be completely ruined if all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: Henry & His Hatchet | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

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