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Word: yes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wilbur--"Yes, Yes, Yvette"--8.10 o'clock--Being the little sister of "No, No, Nannette." About a gentleman who bet he could tell the truth. And what it gets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOARDS AND BILLBOARDS | 5/4/1927 | See Source »

...Yes--there are no dogs. There are pipes cigarettes, there are even cigars, but there are no dogs. Vassar's query has been answered with a terse dirootness. Never any more can she look upon Harvard as one who has not seen the light. Harvard has been asked another and Harvard has answered--another...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 5/2/1927 | See Source »

...there is nothing new in this world then there certainly is no reason to suppose that there is anything new in musical comedy. But originality, per se, is not necessarily a good thing. And "Yes, Yes, Yvette", the musical comedy at the Wilbur proves both these platitudinous contentions...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: THE AYE'S HAVE IT AT THE WILBUR | 4/27/1927 | See Source »

...himself to his victims' coattails and drag them down to get an audience. Glad to say, the reader needs dragging down less than ever. The sharp sound of splitting wood and the dejected back of the vicar plodding homeward remind the Oldest Member of young Chester Meredith, ah yes, poor chap. . . . and so he relates how Chester came within a chip shot of not crashing the course record, simply through a misunderstanding with his best girl about soul-satisfying, putt-producing profanity. Rollo Podmarsh is the subject of another reminiscence. Rollo was too good to be happy or play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Apr. 25, 1927 | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

...five minutes of your visit to fairyland, Iolanthe and her sisters will have captivated you completely, and you will find that you have gone back at least ten years. And inevitably you will join the ranks of those who sigh at the mention of either play and chortle "Oh, yes, the march of the Peers," or "When a coster leaves off beating up his mother...

Author: By R. K. L., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

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