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Word: goddamnedest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Czechs immediately branded Meeker "a bandit" and charged that their troops had been fired on before they began shooting ("Goddamnedest lie I ever heard," said Meeker. "The most dangerous weapon on board was a ballpoint pen."). Though the West Germans were uncomfortably mulling over the various laws he had broken, including filing false flight plans, he is likely to get off with a wrist slap. More worrisome to Meeker were the uninsured damages to the helicopter, which could cost him anywhere from $23,000 to $39,000-unless a benefactor turns up to bail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFUGEES: The Copter Caper | 9/1/1975 | See Source »

...Vegans perceive Greenspun as something of a menace himself. His ad hominem attacks offend some readers. Others recall his 1940s public relations work for "Bugsy" Siegel's Flamingo Hotel and wonder if Greenspun is still friendly with local mobsters. "That's the goddamnedest, most fabricated lie," he says, and points as proof to his occasional diatribes against organized crime. Adds Greenspun: "When you live in this town, you're rubbing shoulders with every facet of society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Scourge of Glitter Gulch | 6/9/1975 | See Source »

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