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Word: monkeyed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...easy. All we have to do is act natural," one coy little monkey chattered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD CO-EDS DON FUR, GO NATIVE IN NEW SPRING PLAY | 3/7/1939 | See Source »

Roosevelt hopes to get a specimen of the Golden Monkey for the Peabody Museum. He has been able to get permission from the dean's office to take the trip since he has previously taken extra courses. Next year he plans to take a research course for which he can use any material gathered in China...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sophomore Will Search for Old Chinese Scrolls; Took Extra Courses Last Year; Excused by Dean | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

...seems that when the genus home finally became a biped instead of a monkey, the tendency in battle was not to grab a meat axe, but to wrestle. Gradually the set-to between cavemen grew into an activity practiced for amusement's sake. The sport reached a high point in development with the Graeco-Roman method in the west and the Oriental style in the east...

Author: By Joseph P. Lyford, | Title: WHAT'S HIS NUMBER ? | 2/16/1939 | See Source »

...theory of evolutionists as to whether man is descended from the monkey has been over these many years.* Such teaching is discredited and is not representative of science and so will not be found in our textbooks. The public schools teach biology. In this study, the difference of the species is indicated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pituitary Master | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

Hardworking George Berry lost his Senate primary race to Tennessee's Attorney-General Tom Stewart (of Scopes "monkey trial" fame). After Nominee Stewart had gone through the formality of being elected November 8, Senate Financial Clerk Charles F. Pace cut George Berry off the Senate payroll. Clerk Pace assumed that Mr. Berry was not a lame duck but a dead duck, that his tenure as an appointed Senator ended on the election of his successor instead of limping on until the new Congress meets (January 3) and regular Senators-elect are sworn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Hard Worker | 12/26/1938 | See Source »

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