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Word: rancorous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...administration believed it would be beaten. But when the tally was in, Dan Hoan was out. Exclaimed exultant, shining-faced Mr. Zeidler: "I used nothing else than modern merchandising methods. See 'em, tell 'em, sell 'em." Said Dan Hoan: "I leave my public tasks "with no rancor." Commented the Washington Post: "Time takes its toll even of gratitude. The people of Athens got tired of hearing Aristides called the just and the people of Milwaukee apparently got tired of Daniel Webster Hoan for no better reason. Hoan, the Socialist, had nothing to offer them but a continuation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WISCONSIN: Milwaukee's Mayor | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

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