Word: fussed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fuss and noise about freedom for the Hungarians? Let's first give freedom to the millions of Negroes in the South, and show the rest of the world that we believe in freedom for all peoples-not just for the whites...
...school committee in 1951. By raising a ruckus over "stuffy classrooms" and "lighting so bad it was blinding the kids," Vellucci won himself a post on the committee and was re-elected two years later by an even bigger vote. 'I made a hell of a fuss," Vellucci reminisces. "I ran against professors and seasoned politicians, big businessmen and lawyers, and I beat them...
Cherwell's Choice. The dons of Christ Church, most powerful of Oxford's 26 colleges, were not so easily routed, however. Slowly, intrepidly, they sought to marshal the sort of massive force that does not make a fuss but simply thwarts, delays and transforms. The Oxford Preservation Trust, an ancient body dedicated to the maintenance of Oxford's ancient monuments and landmarks, mobilized against the Meadow road. High Street merchants began protesting that diversion of traffic from their doors would bankrupt them. A town planner was found who was ready to prove that the plan was unworkable...
...Kentucky's Governor "Happy" Chandler, who is absurdly serious about his chances for the presidential nomination. Harry Truman stayed in his office for Chandler, granted him a brief (12 minutes) interview. When newsmen arrived, Truman wagged his finger at the photographers, remarked to Chandler: "I have to fuss at these birds because they punch holes in my rug with those tripods. The Shah of Iran gave me this Persian rug. Old Mossadegh found out that the Shah had given me the rug, and he was burned...
Raging passions!") and wound up pre senting little Robertino to Rossellini while still awaiting her divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstrom. In the current issue of Redbook magazine, Ingrid describes her "or deal" and defends her "selfish decision." "I've never been able to understand all the fuss. All right, I had a baby before I was married. It's not the first time that ever happened to a woman, and it's not the last . . . And if the two people love one another and marry, and if they have a happy family, isn't that what...