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Word: stupids (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Klanism is for the Illiterate or the stupid for those who have despaired of our laws and our courts as the guardians of public order and safety...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 10/25/1923 | See Source »

Vexed, a municipal school superintendent applied to Mr. Wells a term defined by Messrs. Funk and Wagnalls as meaning "an obstinate or stupid person; a blockhead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Blockhead | 10/15/1923 | See Source »

...features of the nominations is the arrest of de Valera, now in Mountjoy prison, Dublin. It seems that the Free State's action in arresting him, dubbed " stupid" in certain quarters, has made his election certain and spared him the annoyances of an election campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Elections | 8/27/1923 | See Source »

...Italian people need and desire one thing above all others: they need to work and to be allowed to work in peace and tranquillity. Whoever does not understand this aspiration of the Italian people either is stupid or does not want to understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Girondist Party | 8/20/1923 | See Source »

This is probably as stupid an attitude as any group could take. It is solely due to the unfortunate publicity attendant to the various peccadillos and misdemeanors of certain of the leading actors. It is uninteresting to the public to know that H. B. Warner, Dudley Digges and John Drew are normal gentlemen. As a publicity factor gentlemanliness is neglible. Yet their examples show that it is possible to make one's living from the bright side of the footlights without losing the respect of God and the Social Register...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: A Hero Shortage | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

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