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Word: ridiculouse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The play has good dialogue, and may have some slight success on Broadway, with some of the actors removed and a good deal of polishing. Everett Sloane, as the mind, does a lot with a ridiculous role, and Massey is his imperturbable self.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

The teacher genuinely loves poetry but cannot communicate his love to others. "I am inclined to believe that this is the worst of the lot. He loves poetry-obviously-yet all he can do is to make it sound ridiculous. 'Listen to this, boys ' he says. 'Isn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Dislike Poetry | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

"Side Issues." Abruptly, Accuser Hughes attacked Senator Brewster because of a story which the Senator had given to the press-that a T.W.A. hostess had refused to travel alone in a plane with Hughes. The aviator produced an affidavit from Hostess Harriet Applewick. She called the Senator's remarks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Duel under the Klieg Lights | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

Fashion notes from Longfellow Hall were added by Smith graduate Helen Mills of New York City, who found the local college habit of "going around in flannel shorts the most ridiculous and absurd thing that I have ever seen."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Students Pack Up Troubles | 8/8/1947 | See Source »

Said U.S. Delegate Hayden Raynor: "I do not intend to dignify with a detailed refutation the utterly fantastic, ridiculous and irrelevant statement [of Krasilnikov]. . . ."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: The Gentleman Is a Liar | 8/4/1947 | See Source »

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