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Word: braine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nelson Harding have lost their touch. Hence Publisher Hearst's message of hate has been chiefly depicted by such second-string draughtsmen as King Features' James G. ("Little Jimmy") Swinnerton and the New York American's Dorman H. Smith. Both specialize in a moronic, capped-&-gowned Brain Truster. Cartoonist Swinnerton's is distinguished by jackass ears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Lost Laughter | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

Members of the Orr School are the Philadelphia Inquirer's one-legged, cigar-chewing Hugh Hutton, whose Brain Truster is more ominously idiotic than Hearstling Swinnerton's, and the Los Angeles Times's young Bruce Russell, whose Franklin Roosevelt is the ugliest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Lost Laughter | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

...Margaria and I agreed on two things, firstly, that we did not want to repeat this experiment unless there was some good reason for doing so, and secondly, that our reluctance was due to our unwillingness to expose the higher parts of our brain to the influence of so much carbonic acid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Freezing & Stifling | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

Although there was no contact work, a program consisting of intensive work on the tackling dummies, defensive drill against Army plays, and offensive dummy scrimmage gave proof that there was no letting up behind the Varsity practice fence. Throughout the defensive drill, the coaches emphasized the superior effectiveness of brain over brawn stopping a tricky attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRID SQUAD KEEPS UP PRESSURE FOR ARMY TEST CLASH | 10/16/1936 | See Source »

...constructive measures of Roosevelt. His views on social security, farm aid, conservation of resources, and relief, all bear the stamp of a man devoted to the needs of the people. His lieutenants are singularly suited to carry forth a progressive program; they would well merit the name "brain trust", were that name not in such ill repute. And who would not prefer William Allen White and Charles Taft to Tugwell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LANDON: A DUTY AND A HOPE | 10/15/1936 | See Source »

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