Word: doped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ramsay?" Only a dope could miss the $1, or opening question, like "Which of these MacDonalds had a farm?" (Answer: Old.) One $64 question (they are usually a cinch, because people cannot bear losing that much money) was "What is the most superfluous thing you could carry to Newcastle?" (Answer: coals.) Of the 20-odd categories of questions (movies, books, music, babies, etc.) which the contestants may choose, most people are afraid to tackle Alice in Wonderland. One reason may well be the $16 question: "What did the slithy toves do when it was brillig?" (Answer: gyred and gimbled...
Only when he departed for new duty in the Middle East did he reveal his secret. He had been getting his dope from his batman, a coal black Xosa named Filemon. Filemon had been a tribal weather prophet of renown. He had joined the army only after an embarrassment involving a long-range weather forecast, a perversely unexpected dry spell, and his tribe's 1940 corn crop...
...State must electrocute him on Feb. 7, as scheduled-or back Lepke goes to serve out a 14-year Federal dope-peddling sentence...
...Busch is making application to join the Radar Ranks . .. also floating is the news that several of the Baker boys will be held on as staff members . . . including Przychodzin, typing; Rossi, in the first morning class; Tommy Kennedy, third; and Butch Bratton, fourth . . . Strictly off the record is the dope that our boy Klein is on the inside track to take over as company commander, come the first when there won't be any More . . . ditto Hershie for assistant -- he's a wicked-worker when it comes to a watch bill . . . They're telling around Littauer that...
...State of New York wants to electrocute a grubby little murderer named Louis ("Lepke") Buchalter, but cannot: he is safe in Federal custody on a 14-year dope-peddling sentence (TIME...