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Word: boose (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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"In the Name of God, Go!" From the moment he got up to speak it was plain that self-righteous old Neville Chamberlain had lost his confidence. Taking heart from his nervousness, his opponents, in & out of the Conservative Party, punctuated his every sentence with boos, catcalls, cries of "You...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Warlord for Peacemaker | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

He told them sharply to keep their noses out of things they know nothing about. He noted that the New York chapter of A. Y. C. had condemned U. S. aid to Finland "on the ground that such action was 'an attempt to force America into an imperialistic war...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YOUTH: Monstrous Lobby | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

One day last week German listeners, tuned to their home stations, caught the cultured enemy accents of First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill himself, coming over the same Nazi radio that frequently refers to him as British First Lord of the Sea Bottom. Before he had talked for long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Sound-Effect Boos | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

For almost two hours, dignified doctors made the welkin ring with catcalls, boos, and cries of "Sit down! Hire a hall!" Roundly applauded was a young doctor who said: "The private practice of medicine has fallen 40 to 50%. At this time to vote $60,000 salary for one man...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Illegal, Immoral | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

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