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Word: fibber (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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COME ON, JOHN. The Globe proved that you're a pathetic fibber. Don't try yourself to prove that you're a puerile fool...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Get A Clue, John | 8/9/1985 | See Source »

DIED. Harold Peary, 76, radio actor who starred from 1937 to 1950 as "The Great Gildersleeve," the pompous windbag with a heart of gold well hidden behind a wall of bluster, first on Fibber McGee and Molly and then on his own show, and made "You're a ha-a-ard man, McGee" and his trademark oily giggle national crazes; of a heart attack; in Torrance, Calif. Peary (born Harrold Jose Pereira de Faria) made several movies and numerous TV appearances as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve and in other parts; the radio role, which he abandoned, was continued until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 15, 1985 | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

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