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Word: disgusting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...EURJ "He never resented any blow that landed above the belt. [But] his irritation was invariably stirred by the mean and little. Being 'nibbled to death by ducks' was the way he phrased it." CJ He signed the bill authorizing the Chemical Warfare Service with horror and disgust. CWS's results, says Mclntire, "were and are, in my opinion, more . . . devastating than the atomic bomb. . . ." CJ He was contemptuous of his own safety, saying "If anyone wants to kill me, there is no possible way to prevent him." When

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Medicine Man | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...Birnam of Lost Weekend fame. For Birnam, there was hope-and Alcoholics Anonymous. For Grandin, nothing. I have traveled extensively and have met many souls kindred to John Grandin. For them, there is nought but continual suffering -unless they choose to become the recipients of the total disgust of their fellowmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 28, 1946 | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

...short, as of last week, the G.O.P. was far from sure of taking the Senate. But if labor and leftists, sulked, if the vote were light, and if voters generally took out their disgust with Harry Truman on Democratic candidates, then the G.O.P. could be a shoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: The Senate Sweepstakes | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

Into Topeka hurried Republicans to try to do something. They were unable to disregard the voters' growing disgust with the dry law. Yet they hated to go against the earnest advice of smart old Senator Arthur Capper, 81, veteran dry leader, who wanted no mention made of prohibition. So the worried platform makers shadowboxed around the question, promised to submit it to the voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KANSAS: Hotfoot | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

Court-Martial the Prosecutor? The trials were a travesty on justice. Witnesses refused to testify; there were postponements, delays, finally transfer of the trials from London to Germany. At one point a court-martial president quit in disgust. So did Prosecutor Captain Earl J. Carroll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Colonel & the Private | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

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