Word: damns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...free-lance industrial design consultant named A. F. (for Arnold Ferdinand) Arnold went shopping for toys to give the boy. "I found there was a dearth of creative toys," says Arnold. "Either they were very cold and sterile toys developed through clinical tests, or else they were so damn cute that a child got no fun out of them...
...tried to explain to these young gentlemen . . . that the people of Georgia would not be willing to support a university which advocated mixing and mingling the races in the public schools of this state. I tried to explain to them that in their juvenile damn foolery they were hurting the university and the cause of education in this state. I frankly told them that the money for the operation of the Red and Black would be discontinued unless they could do a better...
...Fiat station wagons (bought on the installment plan). Out of respect for his cloth and his impatience, the dealer hustled Father Toschi through the formalities of the sale as quickly as possible. Snapped an irritated lay customer, unwittingly confirming the success of Toschi's mission: "These damn Flying Friars are always taking off without waiting their turn...
...nobody gives a damn...
Price of Fame. Strange crusades are the lifeblood of his column. He has complained about dogs in restaurants ("I like animals damn it-but I draw the line there"), blasted the famed Cafe de la Paix for warning its customers not to kiss in public ("If you can't kiss someone in a sidewalk cafe, where can you kiss her?"), and explained why French speak such tortured English (they use an English-made-easy guide, which offers such phonetic help as: "Pliize sho me ze boukigne off-ice for leug-guedge"). Occasionally he also picks up off-beat business...