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...hailed a decision by Maryland's Judge Edward S. Delaplaine that it was not a crime to call a man a screwball. Cried the News: "Hereafter, if a rude neighbor or stranger gives you a dirty look, and declares his belief that you resemble a dope or a dumbski or a quisby or a mullethead, that won't be your cue to poke his snoot or even yell for the cops. Instead . . . you should square off and announce with dignity and eloquence that your antagonist is, forsooth, a beanhead, a booby, a chump, a dingbat, a flumadiddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS .& MORALS: Americana, Dec. 20, 1948 | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

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