Word: dern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...uncle, the late George Dern, was elected governor of Utah in 1924, later became Franklin Roosevelt's first Secretary of War. In the gubernatorial campaign, Dern beat his Republican opponent, Governor Charles Mabey, with a well-remembered slogan: "What the State of Utah needs is a Dern good governor, and I don't mean Mabey...
Q.E.D. In Twin Oaks, Calif., after Mountaineer George Taylor, 90, set the safety blocks and cranked his 1919 model T Ford, the car ran over him, headed down the mountain, caught fire, burned itself to a stop, drew from George a final farewell: "I never did trust those dern things...
...possibility of Penn's leaving the Ivy League altogether is the latest in a series of headline events which started March 6. At that time, Penn football captain George Bosseler and manager John Dern released a letter demanding either the easing of Penn's 1953 schedule, or the return of spring practice. Penn next year plays one Ivy rival--Cornell--and seven other major teams which do have spring drills...
...past 32 years, the Phillips Oilers have been a part of Bartlesville, and by dern tootin' they always will be, championship or no championship...
Major General William F. Dean, husband of Mrs. Mildred Dern Dean, residing in the Far East Command. He is the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Frishe Dean, 2518½ Etna St., Berkeley, Calif...