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Word: damn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...takes a certain amount of courage for a house to attempt a Shakespeare production in the first place, and to take a stab at the often treacherous Merchant of Venice requires valor well beyond the ordinary. The astonishing thing is that those Dudley people just don't give a damn. They go right out onto that tiny Lehman Hall stage and play The Merchant of Venice. They seize the work by the lapels, shake it for nearly all they can hope to get out of it and throw what they find at the audience. If you are there to catch...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Merchant of Venice | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...choicest comments for them. "You know," he once stated, "I'm a gardener during the summer, and two twins named Flora just put the finishing touches on us." Other well-aimed barbs have included the following: "Something is just not right. I just swear when I see them. Damn their souls. If we had some of that weed spray, I would have sprayed it on them." Knowing Bill McCurdy, he probably would have...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Thanks for the Memories | 4/21/1968 | See Source »

...with the remainder divided among others-790 votes for Kennedy and McCarthy, 61 for Alabama's George Wallace. Predicted Harry Truman, who survived a bitter party rift in 1948 to win the nomination: "The regular Democrats will go down the line to re-elect the President, unless some damn fool splits them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Challenge & Swift Response | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

...performed on an Ibis. To date, none of Dr. Goy's patients has survived, although optimism focused briefly on his daring attempt to transplant 312 canary hearts into a dying elephant. "For a while Bethesda seemed to be doing just fine," Dr. Goy said yesterday, "but the damn hearts wouldn't stay in phase...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Ibis Under Knife | 3/18/1968 | See Source »

...give a damn...

Author: By Andrew Jamison, | Title: Country Joe And The Fish | 3/16/1968 | See Source »

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