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Word: dope (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those who have sat enthralled with Lehrer's personal appearances, the record will serve as a pleasant reminder of past joys. And his new fans find restraint hard to maintain, because Lehrer is as good on wax as in the flesh. As does his lovable Old Dope Peddler, he continues, "spreading joy wherever he goes...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Songs by Tom Lehrer | 5/29/1953 | See Source »

...property and due process of law." When Chairman Harold Velde finally interrupted the tirade, Stander said he was shocked that the com mittee didn't want to hear about that kind of subversion. With obvious refer ence to Bandsman Shaw, he rumbled: "I'm not a dupe, dope, mope, moe or schmoe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Name Is Familiar | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...first time in three years the Harvard-Yale track meet finished according to the dope book-with Yale ahead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Runners' Lose To Yale But '56 Triumphs | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

This proposal may seem difficult to execute, but the atmosphere of a DAR continental convention would make it entirely plausible. Last month, for instance, the Daughters tackled and demolished everything from dope smuggling to the gold standard. A resolution for return to the latter brought protest from an amateur economist: "It would be chaotic to put the United States alone on the gold standard." She was silenced by "It is only foreigners who can't redeem in gold," and the resolution passed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fellow Immigrants | 5/8/1953 | See Source »

...second agent had arranged a meeting with the same peddler at another busy street corner (19th and Harrison), and again Photographer Dennison was behind a window shooting the encounter. The two men-peddler and undercover agent-met in the agent's car, where the agent bought the dope with marked money. Suddenly other agents sprang from hiding and pulled the peddler from the car (see cut). The agent who had made the contact stepped out carrying the dope in a paper bag. The Tribune, owned by the family of California's Senator William F. Knowland, spread its exclusive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Inside Dope | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

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