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Word: vox (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flourishing business of quizzing the U. S. populace has few practitioners more indefatigable than Parks Johnson & Wal lace Butterworth, who serve as interlocutors for the CBS show, Vox Pop. Together they have wandered up & down the land paying citizens $1 to answer such queries as: How many feathers on the average hen?* What was our President's name 30 years ago?† Should a gentleman remove his hat before striking a lady?**Along with this pert questionnaire, Vox Pop offers its listeners interviews with cinema stars, politicos, "typical Americans," statistics on the number of one-armed paper hangers, wooden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Vox Pop | 11/18/1940 | See Source »

...Dedicated (this was the vox humana stop) a new Recorder of Deeds building in Washington, paying tribute to the country's No. 1 colored officeholder, solemn, influential William J. Thompkins-a ceremony that buttoned thousands of Negro votes into his pocket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Vehicle of Destiny | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

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