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Word: nuttier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beulah Goren did Giovanni's wife, Luisa, somewhat nuttier than necessary, it seemed to me; one should be able to identify strongly with Luisa as a woman whose horror at the senselessness of her son's death has driven her near the brink of insanity--Miss Goren seemed to have tottered over long ago, however, and was therefore merely grotesque. John Kennedy's Tomaso needs to come alive, Carroll Britch's Nicola to die down...

Author: By John E. Mcnees, | Title: The Burnt Flower-Bed | 7/30/1959 | See Source »

...Ranas won the championship of Nepal in a gory elimination tournament in 1846. The reigning monarch at that time was Rajendra Bikram Sahi, a blue-blooded Rajput (Hindu warrior caste) and a descendant of Vishnu the Lifesaver. For all that, the King was nuttier than a pecan tree in October. He and the Queen persuaded one of their generals, Jung Bahadur Rana, to murder their Prime Minister, who happened to be Jung Bahadur's uncle. Then Jung Bahadur helped the King murder the Queen's lover. She was put out about this, but not at the King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEPAL: Sr13 Wins Again | 11/20/1950 | See Source »

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