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Word: goon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...price: $49.95. Obviously, Detroit will soon be just a swallowed Miltown. The hero pulls his thumb out of his mouth, strips to his Bermuda shorts, and shouts: "This is a job for Business Man!" He is, of course, "faster than a speeding ticker tape, more powerful than a goon squad, able to leap loopholes in a single bound." He does all this on the stage of a Chicago coffeehouse-nightclub called the Second City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: Satire in Chicago | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

...Arthur Murray Party for Bob Hope (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). In the manner of a Circus Saints and Sinners meeting, an all-star goon squad gathers to "roast" Hope, celebrating his tenth year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Mar. 14, 1960 | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

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