Word: damn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tailored yachting uniforms, professionals who groom the sleek boats for "amateurs" to take the tiller in the races and a society that goes with them are all missing. Perhaps the cup yachts and their smaller sisters are not, as many a fishing skipper is apt to term them, just "damn toy boats"; but the sight of two vessels that have earned their way and can take the weather as it comes is bound to be a heart-warming one to every sailor. It doesn't make any particular difference who wins, and much of that will be in the breaks...
...oldtimer and asked him a few questions: "Did you vote for President Roosevelt in 1932?" "Yes." "Did you vote for him in 1936?" "Yes." "If he is nominated in 1940 will you vote for him?" "Of course I will- but let me tell you something, mister, if the damn Yankees up North don't quit voting the Democratic ticket they're going to ruin this country!" SCOTT SNODGRASS San Angelo...
...urging Yardlings to display their musical skills for the clubs, President Pierpont stressed the concerts to be given at girls' college, informality, and "damn good fun" as valid reasons for new men to join...
...wouldn't give a damn what the people...
...Tormos Diego, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, told reporters what he thought of the Nationalists who tried to assassinate Governor Blanton Winship in the mayor's home town (TIME, Aug. 1). "If I could speak the English by the books," he spluttered, "I would blow their nose, by damn...