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Word: cussedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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It was the roughest, bitterest brawl of the 86th Congress. Into Washington poured sacks full of mail from the folks back home. Lobbyists swarmed through Capitol corridors. Worried Congressmen cussed, consulted and conspired. Moving toward a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives was the year's most intensely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Great Labor Debate | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

"Cussed & Discussed." Nixon used much the same polished, effective script in his approaches to all the state delegations. The Republicans, said he have "something better to offer than smear and vilification. We have the record of the Eisenhower Administration." (Cheers.) The Democratic nominees are "dedicated men-they are probably the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE-PRESIDENCY: Unanimous Choice | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

It wasn't too long ago that people could be found in the U.S. who thought the cussed Bolsheviks hadn't a single thing that they had not gotten from espionage. How they get things matters not. If you are nailed by a thug, does it matter if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 30, 1956 | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

While Dodge was selling Dodges, he decided that he needed some exercise. He took up boxing with a vengeance, made himself a skilled pugilist. One day a spare-parts dealer cussed out Auto Salesman Dodge, whose secretary dutifully recorded in her notebook what ensued: "Mr. Dodge sought him out to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WORLD TRADE: Man with a Puzzle | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

In the visitors' locker room at Ebbets Field, the Giants sulked away a long afternoon while they waited to start the last of the series with the archenemy. Outside, a thin rain drenched Brooklyn. "Do you think those bums'll call it off?" muttered Hank Thompson as he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: He Come to Win | 7/26/1954 | See Source »

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