Word: rankest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dozenberg's alleged offense: lending his naturalization papers for Earl Browder's use in 1921. Wiener's alleged offense: illegal residence in the U. S. Plump, balding Robert Wiener pleaded not guilty before a Federal judge in Manhattan, heard a U. S. Attorney call him "the rankest sort of impostor," charge that under the aliases of Wiener, Weiner, A. Benson, A. Blake, he was really Welwel Warszower from Russia...
...last hearing, still plays very stiffly himself and his rhythm section sounds as if it were descended from the proud line of Pinocchio. On slow tunes, things were much better, the band displaying an indifferent Goodman style sweet. However, on the so-called "killer-diller" stuff, not even the rankest jitterbug could find much satisfaction with Mr. James playing such tricks as using the beginning of "Bach Goes To Town" and most of the famous Berigan chorus from the Benny Goodman record on "King Porter Stomp" . . . Rumor's flying around that Stan Brown's Gold Coast Orchestra may appear...
...after three patient years, Commissioner Moss made theatrical history when, with one fell swoop, he darkened 14 burlesque houses, threw 2,000 theatrical workers out of work, and at least temporarily ended what is professionally known as "louse opera" in the city where it was born and has flourished rankest...
...watch the 62nd running of the nation's greatest horse race and incidentally to make Brevity one of the rankest favorites (2-to-5) in Derby history, 70,000 people had jammed Louisville. There was a goodly turnout of the 17,000 Kentucky Colonels and Admirals whose titles had been abolished and then suddenly restored five days before the race. There was retired Baseballer Babe Ruth, whose pro fessional springtime duties had never permitted him to get to the Derby before...
...Oregon. The report expressed friendship toward Japan. Chided Bishop Lowe: ''When you condemn American imperialism in the Far East and in the next breath compliment Japan after her recent record in Shanghai and Manchukuo, I fear your social service brains are not working. One of the rankest bits of imperialism in the world is Japan...