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Word: contrariest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...citizens and taxpayers and that they should have an inside track to the construction contracts. I told them that the contracts would be let to the lowest bidders wherever they came from* . . . T. J. turned to his friends and said 'I told you that he's the contrariest man in the county. Get out of here.' When they were gone, he said to me: 'You carry out your commitment to the voters.' I did just that . . . Pendergast was always a man of his word with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Wonderful Wastebasket | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

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