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Word: fahn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...name?" And with that he started walking back up the aisle to his seat at the front of the plane, still holding me in tow by my hand, while he repeated his joke to the reporters on either side of him, "The Haaaaarvard CRIMson. Now isn't that a fahn name...

Author: By David I. Bruck, | Title: Flying High And... ...Low With Wallace | 10/31/1968 | See Source »

...more often, than Lyndon Johnson. Of late, other citizens of the Great Society have minted a whole new genre of L.B.J. stories-at L.B.J.'s expense. Some are moderately sympathetic, such as the yuk that has one Texan saying to another: "Ah think ouh President is absolutely fahn. He's the first President we evah had who doesn't have an accent." Some are moderately malicious. Vice President Humphrey greets the President: "Morning, Lyndon, how are you?" To which Lyndon replies: "Is that all you ever think of, Hubert?" Mostly however, the current jokes on Johnson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Lyndon B. Attitudes | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

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