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Word: madnesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this mad world of frustrations and disappointments, I have not lived in vain. I have held the 29 hand and can die in peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 8, 1940 | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

...Louis Johnson, who used to push Mr. Woodring around without mercy, cordially aided the Secretary during his testimony last week. This change did not surprise those who had seen hanging in Mr. Johnson's office a sign: "We ain't mad with nobody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: New Army | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

...radicalism." He added that Mr. Saposs' lecture "was quite in keeping with your smelly Fansteel decision in which you sought to bestow a paternal benediction on sit-down strikes." Board Secretary Nathan Witt forthwith fired Mr. Davidson for his "false and scurrilous letter." This made Mr. Davidson really mad. "How can they fire me? I quit first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Labor Board Belabored | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...three full minutes the audience applauded, forgiving Jimmy's historical dustiness* for the sake of his heat. But if Canada was pleased, hopping mad was many a U. S. Congressman. "An outrageous and disgraceful breach of his office," growled Missouri's Senator Clark, demanding Jimmy's immediate recall. Ohio's Representative Sweeney: "We should have the courage to tell Cromwell and his lawfully wedded fortune, Doris Duke, to get the hell out of this Republic." Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota accused Jimmy of being a mere mouthpiece: "All that Cromwell was doing was reflecting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Head of Cromwell | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...BAITED HOOK-Erie Stanley Gardner-Morrow ($2). Perry Mason, the lawyer who always gets there ahead of the cops, takes a fat fee one rainy night to keep a masked girl out of trouble. When several unmasked females turn up in the ensuing murder case, he gets mad, comes through in his usual inspired style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murders of the Month: Apr. 1, 1940 | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

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