Word: monkey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...know that $5,700, to a Princeton Punk, is just Papa's check, with his signature in the lower right hand corner and the $5,700 just above it, but to a mere powder monkey it's a lot to save in two years. If some Punk tries to burn me up with "Hello, Sucker," I'll plum incinerate him with an equally original "Says You." I fail to see where anyone made a sucker...
...Yorkshire. Captain Eden had spent a hectic week-end in Britain but was forced to entrain for Geneva on the very morning of the wedding. It was increasingly evident to newshawks, however, that if diplomacy had made a widow out of Mrs. Eden. Benito Mussolini had made a monkey out of her husband...
...Veterans of Future Wars [TIME, March 30]. . . . Had it not been for the type of yellow-belly-now seeking publicity at Princeton, in the U. S. Army during the War in France the War would have been brought to a quicker close. This type of yellow-belly threw a monkey wrench into everything because they didn't have the guts to play ball with Uncle Sam when he needed them. These Princeton yellow-bellies will probably never be called upon to go to war because their papas will see to that. VERNER C. BECK (18 months in France) Ontario...
...Student Council presents a worthy resolution but its speaker, upon questioning, says he knows nothing about the business! A pretty blot for the record! One law school professor thrills the audience by his wit and arrogance, but it seems to me, any sober judge would say he made a monkey of himself; and did no more good for the cause than the speaker who opposed the Oath by pleading he was a father of three children, and spilled blood for democracy...
...King Carol is much too young to need rejuvenation," explained the doctor afterward. "He looks fine and is as strong as a bull. My monkey-gland experiments interest him greatly, however, and he inspected my monkeys during his visit, which was prompted chiefly by his desire to see an old friend. He doesn't need my services...