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Word: madnesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they seem to be plentiful on both sides of the quadrangle, the super colossal attraction is the appearance of a body of top-notch improvisers at Lowell House. Art Hodes and Mezz Mezzrow head the list of jam specialists, so don't be surprised if you see a mad dash in the direction of Lowell House right after inspection...

Author: By Bruce Westley, | Title: Specialists' Corner | 8/6/1943 | See Source »

...When Tom was frightened both his face and his stomach lining turned pale. When Tom was depressed, his stomach lining, which usually reddened and increased its secretion of acid after a dose of beef bouillon, hardly responded at all to such feeding. When Tom got mad, his face got red and so did his stomach. (This happened when an officious clinic secretary angered him.) More than any other emotion, anxiety increased the amount of blood in the stomach membrane and the amount of acid secretion. When Tom was anxious (e.g., worry about his stepdaughter's illness and death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tom's Stomach | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

...there's nothing real between them, cause he really has a "one and only", in New York of all places. The Lima Bean girl at Cowie has promised Oliver Wilson a seamless nylon hairnet for his unruly locks. Because Mrs. Betey Brown says we shouldn't, and we're mad at her because she won't guest-write our column even once, we will say that Wally Notter's daughter looks too bee-eutiful for to be a boy, although it is, and it has hair, which...

Author: By M. J. Roth, | Title: STRAIGHT DOPE | 7/23/1943 | See Source »

...Frank Garrett, light and power man, sprinted for the Southwestern Public Service building, pulled the town's master light switch, hoped people would not be mad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: The Bombing of Boise City | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

...Oakes got hopping mad at Canadian taxes, announced that he was moving to Nassau because it would tax him only 5%. There he built a glass & stucco mansion around a saltwater swimming pool. He bought the Bahamas' largest hotel and Nassau's water works, built a private airport, rebuilt the Bahamas Country Club, got himself elected to the Bahamas House of Assembly. For his contributions to St. George's Hospital in London, Oakes was made a baronet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Great Oakes | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

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