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Word: neighbors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manhattan's Daily News, which has called a good many people a good many names, joyfully hailed a decision by Maryland's Judge Edward S. Delaplaine that it was not a crime to call a man a screwball. Cried the News: "Hereafter, if a rude neighbor or stranger gives you a dirty look, and declares his belief that you resemble a dope or a dumbski or a quisby or a mullethead, that won't be your cue to poke his snoot or even yell for the cops. Instead . . . you should square off and announce with dignity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS .& MORALS: Americana, Dec. 20, 1948 | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...after suffering a series of dizzy spells, Allen quit radio for a year. During his vacation he went to Hollywood to make Love Thy Neighbor, and returned with a few Alienisms on the West Coast. Sample: "California is a wonderful place to live-if you're an orange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Mr. Allen Regrets | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...slight the dark meat, plum pudding, and everything else in a Thanksgiving dinner--that would be foolish indeed. But before all men leave their classes and Gather Together, let there be praise, blessings, and amens for the kind official who permitted the Radcliffe girl to choose a seat and neighbor. This is reason for heartfelt thanksgiving...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 5 and 20 Drumsticks | 11/24/1948 | See Source »

...curses against Guatemala's President Juan José Arévalo, Tacho's worst enemy and the Legion's most forthright backer. As Tacho well knows, Arévalo is winking at the arming and training of Nicaraguan exiles to lead a revolution against his Nicaraguan neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: I'm the Champ | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...Little Machine. Tacho was not too worried. First of all, he had U.S. support; the stability-loving U.S. State Department wants no filibustering in the Caribbean. Besides, the rules of the U.N. and the Pan American system ban direct attacks by any American country against a neighbor. Tacho could also thank the U.S. for the best army in Central America. After the U.S. Marines moved into Nicaragua to protect U.S. interests in the Coolidge administration, they reorganized and trained Nicaragua's army. Before the Marines pulled out in 1933, the crack new Guardia National was the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: I'm the Champ | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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