Word: dumbness
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...Poor, Dumb People...
...subsided into speculation over the motives behind it. What in the world was Uncle Joe up to now? Nobody knew for certain-that was the whole point-but the theories that were put out ranged from 1) "That Stalin is one smart cookie" to 2) "Them Russians are sure dumb." Was Stalin...
Toronto's moderately Conservative Saturday Night, summed up Mr. Bracken's position: "His nightly prayer must be a desperate petition that his less restrainable followers be stricken dumb until the Halifax speech is forgotten. If they can only be kept quiet there is a possibility that the question of whether Canada should enter into a sort of consultative alliance with other nations of the Commonwealth may be considered in an atmosphere of reason, free from the exaggerations of an electoral campaign...
George Jessel helpfully reminded them that even when spelled right their name sounded "too much like crumb, dumb and gum." He suggested that they cabbage the name of his good friend, then the New York World-Telegram's drama critic, Robert Garland. One Gumm sister, aged 11, decided to make a clean sweep. Hoagy Carmichael's Judy was a song she liked just then, so Frances Gumm has been Judy Garland ever since...
...theme here is "Breaks Gotten by College Men In A Ten Million Man Army Where There Isn't Too Much Time To Look Into The Individual Qualifications of The Guy Who Thinks He Ought To Be An Officer Because Well Just Look At That Dumb Shavetail." The Army is chuck full of officers, so forget it if you're thinking of having your Old Man buy you a commission in the Black Watch or the Third Highland Fusileers when you graduate from A-12 or Boy Scout Troop...