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Word: dreadfull (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Representative John V. Lindsay (R-N.Y.) called the loyalty sections of the NDEA, particularly the disclaimer affidavit, a "dreadful thing, something that makes no sense."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rep. Lindsay Backs Loyalty Oath Repeal | 10/23/1959 | See Source »

The colonel was Comedian Art Carney, joined by Hermione Gingold in a parody of Separate Tables: Carney lost in Hermione's furs, and Carney in suicidal despair over having given the "wrong order" on D-day ("Desert!") was as funny as anything seen on TV. On his first of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Major Clown | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

What a dreadful picture of the President! We had to look inside to find who it was.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 28, 1959 | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

"In popular language Hell is the place of dreadful punishment . . . Is this how we should think of Hell?" Not at all, says Life and Death. The Bible uses the word Hell to translate the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades, which were underworld places where all the dead lived shadowy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Hell of Loneliness | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

Stouthearted TV viewers have watched 1) alleged stomach acid rot a pocket handkerchiei, 2) elderly couples kissing while an announcement reassured the lovers that a special cleanser would keep their dentures pure, 3) corns the size of pumpkins pried out of plaster toes that could belong to the Colossus of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Tearing the Tissue | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

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