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Word: lambast (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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...should Elmer Davis, head of the Office of War Information, be the man to lambast Boss Petrillo? He had a farfetched excuse: several hundred radio stations which broadcast war information cannot keep going without "canned" music. But the truth seemed to be that Elmer Davis was becoming a sort of Presidential deputy, in charge of putting the people's thoughts into official language. This would be a useful development...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People's Deputy | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

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