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...Come in! Come in!" cried the Senator. ''The doctor says what I need is someone to cuss the cussedness out of me and you're just the man to do it. So cut loose. I'm to get up next week, doctor or no doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Death of Caraway | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

While motorists made a twelve-mile detour to another bridge, the Texas Rangers under mighty Captain Tom Hickman answered Governor Murray's criticism that "all they can do is cuss and shoot craps" with a public demonstration of their marksmanship. Captain Hickman shooting from the hip hit 18 out of 20 matches at 50 ft. Ranger Goss, firing his pistol upside down, split a playing card...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Red River War | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

...kistomary to cuss the bride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 8, 1930 | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

...liquor; a bad golfer; a married man whose thoughts sometimes stray afield; a middle-aged married man whose thoughts always return homeward. Wilfred J. Funk dutifully summed himself up, in fact, in his opus for May 9 entitled "Symptoms," as follows: SYMPTOMS I am a sort of a cynical cuss, Mellow and mildly sarcastic. My sensibilities hardly will muss Any more; they're elastic. I have aversions-God knows it-a score- Motor trips, talkies, recitals, College reunions-they all are a bore Paining me deep in my vitals. I dislike dancing-at least with a And only when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Rhymester Funk | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

Whether or not Sophocles is responsible for the music is a moot point. Some say yes; some say no; others dismiss the matter with a few well chosen cuss-words. The jokes at all events are Mr.Weller's. They are of a post-Sophoclean vintage, and considerably above the average...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

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