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Word: purgee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Apart from Freed's exit, the liveliest deejay purge occurred in Detroit, where President George B. Storer undertook a radical housecleaning of his Storer Broadcasting Co. (five TV and seven radio stations in nine cities). Three deejays at Detroit's WJBK bit the dust, as did one Joe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISK JOCKEYS: Now Don't Cry | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

Last week Tiger Song's nearly completed purge ran into unexpected opposition. Assemblyman Um Sang Sup, a member of the opposition Democratic Party, charged that Song's ruthless methods had prompted 153 officers to commit suicide rather than face courts-martial. Some, said Um, had actually taken their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Army for Sale | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

From the hoarse throats of 250,000 Cubans jammed before the presidential palace in Havana rose the chilling cry: "Pa-re-don! To the wall! To the firing squad!" By whipping up a frenzy of hatred, Fidel Castro last week got mob approval for a resumption of the drumhead justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: To the Wall! | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

Jewish blood has been spilled for 17 centuries in attempts to purge us of our "sins" and lead us to salvation through Jesus. I think the time is ripe for Christian leaders to try to convert Christians to Christianity and to leave the Jews alone.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 26, 1959 | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

The Navy's latest proposed stratagem is simple: a bash on the head for every gooney. But chances are this plan will never really get off the ground. First of all, it will take the Navy at least five years to purge the birds: young gooneys leave Midway shortly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man v. Bird | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

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