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Word: hmmm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hmmm," say de Lawd, and all de Seraphim put down deah cigars to listen. Dis made de angels happy cause dey was gettin mighty tired flapping deah wings and was hoping de Lawd would install automatic air-conditioning. "Hmmm," say de Lawd again, "De old Piety Test has got to go. Wid de permission of de Boa'd, ah'd like to pass a miracle. Dis is gwine be a restricting miracle on de Piety Test Rules, Miracle I, Section fifty-nine: 'Salvation by piety, dat is our aim.' Let de clause now read: 'Salvation by piety and extra-curricular...

Author: By Calvin Trapp, | Title: Crisis in High Places | 2/26/1957 | See Source »

...Against McCarthy and independent. . . Hmmm.. . . . How do I know you're not red-affiliated...

Author: By William W. Bartley iii, | Title: Charge of the Right Brigade | 11/27/1954 | See Source »

...your Feb. 11 account of the "Three Sharpies" who pilfered the apartment of Fashion Designer Mollie Parnis, you state that the young thieves "were ... of the variety who are called 'sharpies' and who wear peg-top pants, sharply pointed shoes, Windsor-knot ties . . ." Hmmm, guess you didn't take a close enough look at the Younger Generation you wrote about a while back, as, if you had, you would have observed that the Windsor knot is very popular among the 18-to-28 age group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 3, 1952 | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

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