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Word: damn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...come. It is right. Wait a moment." When a parson told Ethan Allen (a religious man who took Fort Ticonderoga "in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress") that the angels were waiting for him, Allen exploded: "Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, God damn 'em, let 'em wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Exit Lines | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...your caption: The publicity, she is running very damn silly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 3, 1955 | 1/3/1955 | See Source »

...Danbury, Lewisburg, Atlanta, Chillicothe, Alcatraz, and wherever the prison system has an establishment. These crimes are hush-hushed . . . J. Parnell Thomas came closer to describing accurately the situation [in LIFE, Oct. 4] than anyone I know. It is a well-known axiom in prison that "nobody gives a damn about us" ... It is high time that ... a special congressional committee is set up to investigate the facts quietly and without fanfare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 27, 1954 | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

...damn McCarthy in private, but as a club we can't afford to," one member said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Hails Censure; HYRC Takes No Stand | 12/2/1954 | See Source »

...Quarterback. "This is a man's game," says Bobby Layne, one of the outstanding survivors. "You have to grow into a man to play it right. A quarterback takes about three years before he knows halfway what's going on. You never really learn this damn thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Pride of Lions | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

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