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Word: queerer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year-around natives of the swanky resort town of Lake Geneva, Wis. "The Strangers" looked queerer and queerer. Lake Geneva enjoys a certain rural isolation but these newcomer Isolationists were a puzzle. Three of them suddenly turned up last week in headlines as witnesses before a Washington grand jury investigating Nazi propaganda. One was a tall, double-chinned brunette named Bessie Feagin, whose memory "failed" when questioned about a master mailing list. Other two-accused of obstructing the investigation-were George T. Eggleston, a balding collegiate type resembling Jimmy Roosevelt in unmatched coat & pants, and Douglas M. Stewart, a stocky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Strangers | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

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