Word: damns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Doubter. Sometimes the doctor's anxiety is vented in hostility. When he says ". . . Damn neurotic-nothing wrong with him," Dr. Ebaugh believes that it can be translated as: "This patient is emotionally disturbed . . . I am doubtful of my own capabilities. By denying that the patient is sick, and depreciating him as being not worthwhile, I feel less threatened...
James J. ("Big Jim") Jeffries, 75, heavyweight champ who was knocked flat in 1910 by Jack Johnson, the first Negro champ, observed that the fight game has become so sissified that "I'd rather see a wrestling match . . . Lots of these kids fighting now would make damn good ping-pong players...
...Hard Feelings. In Flint, Mich., burglar left a note in the Genesee County Savings Bank: "Thanks very much, didn't get a damn thing, but thanks...
...Chief worried about possible decimation of the College's pigeon population. "They're multiplying so damn fast they're becoming a nuisance," he said...
Obviously this is a palpable injustice. The well-meaning protagonists of Messrs. Gould and Kostalanetz are abrogating what in recent months has become known as Freedom of Silence. This means simply that a "captive audience," a group which cannot flee or refuse to attend, damn well has a right to think or talk or remain silent as it wills. It does not have to consume the "Zampa Overture" with the mashed turnips. Kirkland House members will tonight be given an opportunity t defeat by petition this nefarious incursion on their rights. They should...