Word: retorted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...magazine's dice advertisements because he once bought a pair to entertain friends at home, took all the money with an innocent twist of the wrist, and later discovered that one of the dice was loaded. From an assistant to Postmaster General Walker, the press got the pained retort that this was ridiculous-the only dice he had ever owned had come with parchesi and backgammon sets...
...Reynolds Tobacco Co (Camels) prints testimonials from prominent people, and also claims that Camels aid digestion. The retort: 1) many of the testimonials are written by the company and not even read by the people who sign them: many others are false; 2) all tobacco actually interferes with digestion...
...real attempt to tell the score in the fog-shrouded Battle of the Atlantic, the committee had revealed this shocking fact: 1,000,000 deadweight tons of shipping were sent to the bottom monthly in '42, the losses outweighing new U.S. and British construction. Knox's tart retort that the committee's figures were compiled from "unauthorized and uninformed sources" was reassuring to the nation...
...retort from Mellon Dining Hall is "anything the sky-pilots (bless their hearts) can take, we can manage with ease...
Henry Kaiser is obstructing the draft of doctors to maintain his own individual empire, cried Editor Morris Fishbein, in his American Medical Association Journal last week. For retort, Henry Kaiser "implored" that the medical profession "immediately investigate the honesty and integrity" of Dr. Fishbein...