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Word: garterless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Above all eke, behind his hail-fellow heartiness. Pat Brown is a worrier. He worries about his weight. He worries about his clothes, is a meticulous dresser despite a tendency toward garterless socks that droop. He worries about having people disagree with him, follows almost every declarative sentence with a question: "Don't you think so?" He worries about his hold on the voters. "Frankly," he confides, "I think I'm closer to the people of California than anyone since Hiram Johnson." Then he asks: "Don't you think so?" He worries about being liked, he worries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Just Plain Pat | 9/15/1958 | See Source »

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