Word: damnedest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reopened -even though the court had yet to rule on whether its guidelines will apply retroactively. New York's Police Commissioner Howard J. Leary argued that "there is being developed sophisticated law for an immature society"; a police chief in Garland, Texas, complained: "It's the damnedest thing I ever heard-we may as well close up shop." Local newspaper cartoonists, too, had a field day, most of them siding melodramatically with what they assumed would be handcuffed police (see cuts...
...debate went into its second day, the House leadership tried to cut it off. Republicans resisted the rush tactics, and even a Democrat, Paul Jones of Missouri, cried: "This is the damnedest thing I've seen in all my life." He shouted at his fellow Democrats: "Some of you should be ashamed to call yourselves legislators." The opponents gained more talking time, but it did them no good. The final vote on the authorization...
Many there are who thrive and prosper on who the just manage Commercial to survive. Christmas, But many sink more or swim, as a Beverly Hills psychoanalyst shuddered last week: "Christmas puts the damnedest demands on everybody...
...felt to be both a Lowell and a Cabot. The question was greeted with thunderous silence. The guest tried manfully to excuse his faux pas. "I'm afraid," he murmured, "that's a pretty silly question, Mr. Cabot." Replied Cabot: "Young man. it's the damnedest silliest question I've been asked in 80 years...
...Damnedest Jam. At each of the 92 vaccination centers, Boy Scouts put the sugar cubes into paper cups. Pharmacists doused the sugar with three drops of vaccine. As the vaccine ran low, ambulances (many donated by undertakers) with sirens screaming struggled through clogged streets to deliver fresh supplies. Said one cop: "It is the damnedest traffic jam I've ever seen, but nobody's mad." In the carnival atmosphere, pitchmen picked up many a rapid dollar peddling balloons to kids. "Is this American or Cuban sugar?" asked one apprehensive citizen. Assured the U.S. was buying no sugar from...