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Word: quipsters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meeting No. 4. Bob Stevens, a man-of-good-will trained in a family textile business, walked with Karl Mundt into the Capitol's room P-54. Later, a Washington quipster observed that when Stevens entered the room, he was "like a goldfish in a tank of barracuda." Meeting No. 4 featured fried chicken, peas, french fries, head-of-lettuce salad and Joe McCarthy. Also present: Dirksen, and later, Potter. Stevens started with a complaint about McCarthy's abuse of Zwicker. Retorted McCarthy: How could the Army explain the court-martialing of "a poor, brainwashed G.I."* in contrast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Oak & the Ivy | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

...Chicago, where he was greeted by a handful of Democratic notables and Stevenson "volunteers"-including a girl fan who kicked off her shoes so that she wouldn't look taller than her hero. Chicago newsmen, tying Stevenson down to domestic politics, found him still the old quipster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Home Again | 8/31/1953 | See Source »

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