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Word: folkses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Well, tell the folks I'm going away now. I guess murder will stop. There won't be any more booze. You won't be able to find a crap game even, let alone a roulette wheel or a faro game. I guess Mike Hughes* won'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Glum Gorilla | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

"All this talk about the young folks going to the dogs and drinking themselves blind is pure nonsense. They are youthful and filled with sap and vinegar, but that does not mean that they are a gang of inebriates." In such a manner, W. E. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, former Federal prohibition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE MEN NOT A GANG OF INEBRIATES | 11/11/1927 | See Source »

Well, folks, here I am back again. Although swelling with pardonable parental pride at the marvellous showing of Joe Jr. last week, I am not going to let him prognosticate for you again this week. Jealousy? Ridiculous! Jealousy is not one of Great-Hearted Joe Forecast's faults. I realize...

Author: By Joe Forecast, | Title: PARENTAL PRIDE TOO STRONG FOR JOE; HE IS OUT AND IN AGAIN | 10/22/1927 | See Source »

These men and their subjects are' Dwight F. Davis '00, secretary of war. "The Army"; Homer Folks '90, secretary of the New York State Charities Aid Association, "Social Service"; J. P. Sanborn '00, Music"; and J. H. Schaffner '17, "Clothing and Allied Industries."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Alumni Contribute to Book | 10/20/1927 | See Source »

The Garden of Eden. High were the hopes that carried first nighters to this imported mockery. The play had been a mad success in Germany; had been adapted for the local trade by facile A very Hopwood;* was reputedly risque (the cynic likes a bawdy joke as well as do...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays In Manhattan: Oct. 10, 1927 | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

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