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35. Cussed and discussed by men and women alike was "The New Look" in fashion which calls for all but one of these:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Current Affairs Test | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

In a sulphurous meeting in Washington last week, 50 of the nation's biggest mule dealers cussed in concert as only men who have mingled with mules can cuss. They mentioned, in various uncomplimentary ways, the U.S. Government, the Department of Agriculture and the Mexican Government. But they saved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Mule Mixup | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

Since February the Navy's eight-oar crew had practiced in a bathtub-sized inlet at Annapolis called College Creek. The creek, only 400 yards long, wandered around four bends and under three bridges. Navy's crew banked around the turns, used more rudder than oars, cussed the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Anchors Aweigh | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

Such britches-busting boasts have helped to make little Billy a big nuisance to a great many people. A Broadway wit once snarled: "Nobody would ever kidnap Billy Rose. Who would pay the ransom?" Billy has been cussed up & down the main stem as a cheapskate, a blowhard and a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Busy Heart | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

Farther north, the biggest and noisiest hunting show the U.S. had ever known was already well under way. There were few pheasant, practically no ruffed grouse, few duck, but the guns roared anyhow. On Chesapeake Bay, duck hunters cussed the "bluebird"weather -balmy days when the redhead and canvasback like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Killing Season | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

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