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Word: damns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...short of redefining the professional's position in Israel. "To our leaders," said one indignant Israeli, "the illiterate in the transit camp is still just as good as the brain surgeon in Hadassah Hospital, which is an admirable point of view for the Lord to hold but a damn silly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Just Too Equal | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...Friends Only. The craving for the "don't-give-a-damn" pills is not confined to Hollywood. In staid Boston the demand is as keen, but less shrill. It is the same in New York City, Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Don't-Give-a-Damn Pills | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

...often rowdy business "Mr. Mack," as his players called him, remained a gentleman. Rumor had it that his harshest expletive was a mild "Goodness gracious!" In fact, he could spit out an angry "Damn!" when occasion demanded, and he could stand up verbally to the toughest man on his team. Somehow, his excited love for baseball never suffocated under the tall, stiff collars he wore long after they went out of style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mr. Baseball | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...gives a tinker's damn about this Hong Kong? It is TIME that makes itself revoltingly obnoxious by always butting in and trying to "protect" this mere island when it is really none of its damn business. If you guys are so crazy about defending the place, why don't you move over there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 6, 1956 | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...whether it is "Mr. Fairfield" or "Jack." Once, flying to Britain for a meeting with Members of Parliament, he had aides get out photographs of the 120 M.P.s who had visited SHAPE and thumbnail biographies of each. Said an awed Englishman: "When he walked into Parliament, he knew every damn one of them, greeted them by name, adding remarks like 'How's your new daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: The Shield | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

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