Search Details

Word: madnesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

There's nothing like a watch on Friday night to get one in the mood for a Saturday night date. Jim "the mad dog" Madison has found a new buddy--with a Southern accent, too--The Count De Wright. The Count will be remembered for his sagacious comments in Statistics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lucky Bag | 11/28/1944 | See Source »

...Called his first post-election Cabinet meeting. As reported by ubiquitous Columnist Drew Pearson, Roosevelt said to his Cabinet: "In 30 years of political life, I have never seen such a dirty, unfair, below-the-belt campaign. During the last two weeks I got mad. And I stayed mad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Wastrel, Harry Byrd | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

...Here, when Paris was liberated, the whole town went mad, and everyone went around shouting 'Long live Liberty, Democracy and the Allies!' About 500,000 people concentrated in Plaza Francia. . . . The Government, of course, tried by force to stop all this, but they were unsuccessful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 20, 1944 | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

Newman sent his book to George Bernard Shaw, got back this comment: "It would have driven me mad; and I am not sure that the author came out of it without a slight derangement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Record Attendance | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

Last week, the War Production Board got sizzling mad at Marshall Field's New-Dealing Chicago Sun, which campaigned hotly for the fourth term. Grated WPB: "During the second quarter of 1944, the Chicago Sun used or caused to be used 886.89 tons of print paper in excess of the quota. . . . The violations were willful. This excessive use of paper . . . has hampered and impeded the war effort of the United States of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Delayed Wrath | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

Previous | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | Next