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Word: testiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Measured in terms of laughter and anger, the conference was as lively as anything since the testiest press go-rounds of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. There was a roar of good, natural laughter when the President expressed the modest certainty that the State Department would not ignore the suggestions of his brother Milton, after his five-week goodwill trip through Latin America. There was reportorial anger over the news leak on the Warren appointment (see PRESS). And the President in turn was angered when a reporter asked for his version of ex-Secretary of Labor Martin Durkin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Busy | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

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