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Word: hmmm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Deutsch's column was read by people involved in fundraising. Said one: "Hmmm. We can't keep on killing people forever." It is likely that some changes will be made. For Columnist Deutsch, who never studied medicine, is nevertheless a power in U.S. medical journalism. In 1945, when he launched a one-man attack on the medical setup of the Veterans Administration, he almost went to jail. He refused to name his news sources for a series of 50 articles (13 of them containing constructive suggestions, a fair Deutsch percentage) and was voted in contempt of Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Campaigner | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

Retort. In Chatham, N.Y., Landlord Frank Waldvogel explained to police why he had finally shot and killed a tenant he was trying to evict: the tenant just kept saying, "Hmmm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 28, 1948 | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

...happy tennis fan, looking at the new courts waiting to be played on and remembering last year's bottleneck, mused, "Hmmm. If they put in a couple of more of those, there'll almost be enough to go around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Intramurals to Begin Next Week in House League | 4/6/1948 | See Source »

...Hmmm. In San Francisco, Dr. Robert C. Miller, director of the Steinhart Aquarium, excitedly opened a shipment of Hawaiian fish, was considerably let down to find a bunch of humuhumuhiukole; he had ordered humuhumunukunukuapuaa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 11, 1947 | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

...could, vote Republican this year?" This was followed by the query: "IF SO--What have you had enough of, huh?" And "What do you want more of, huh?" And in the alternative, "IF NOT--Why haven't you had enough? huh?" and "What do YOU want more of, HmmM...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Have You Had Enough Of, Hunh? Mass Sampling of 17 Supplies Answer | 10/31/1946 | See Source »

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