Word: darn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...U.S.S. Wisconsin, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy recalled that he was once all set to enter the U. of Wisconsin law school: "I was all signed up. But somehow I got tangled up with the Navy and here I am. I never would have been worth a darn as a lawyer anyway...
Backstage in London's Covent Garden, the 46 young dancers were scared stiff. For one thing, in rehearsals they had found the stage floor rather rough. Said one dancer: "I've never had to darn my toe shoes so much." And the British balletomanes they were to face for the first time were rumored to be even rougher. Wailed 20-year-old Dancer Melissa Hayden: "Gee, my stomach-I'm in real pain. I don't know how I can use my legs. I just want to hunch...
Said Wills: "We played it again and darn it, everybody kept asking...