Word: answer
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...this shame is added that of daily hearing the voice of the radio deride the courage, loyalty and dignity of the English in the forefront of the battle, who cover themselves with glory by resisting alone, after so many betrayals. To the insults of wicked Frenchmen, the British answer with words of comfort, and with acts which rekindle the hope of the other French people of France, of the other French people who are much more numerous than one suspects-all those who listen to the broadcasts of the BBC as if near a wide open window where pure...
...back to his pressure-shaped, lonely job. This week he would go out and begin his rolling phrase: "You and I know-." He had cut his margin close: from Oct. 23 to Nov. 4 is only twelve days. Twelve days in which to campaign for a third term; to answer the opposition, to state his own case, to meet the issues, to explain to his fellow countrymen that, if he was not Cincinnatus, he was not Coriolanus either...
...when we come to the judgment seat how shall we answer for our precious country, for the preservation of its pristine glory, for the protection of the liberties of our citizens? Shall we answer, trembling? 'We had not the courage because the power was great and overwhelming, millions upon millions on the other side and we fell before them,'-or shall we answer thus, and say? 'We stood up like brave men and fought the good fight, and with the aid of God we won it.' God bless and save America...
...extemporaneous opening he paid his respects to Chairman Flynn, "that apostle of purity of The Bronx," and invited Candidate Roosevelt to answer three questions: 1) What did he think about a fourth term?* 2) Had he entered into any secret pact with a foreign nation? 3) How did he justify running as a liberal and reform candidate with the support of the political machines of Chicago, Jersey City and The Bronx? Reading from his manuscript, Willkie attacked Roosevelt's foreign policy, the present role...
...Boston nightclub owner sneered in answer to a question about the extent of Dartmouth drinking. "Hell, no, They don't make no trouble and they don't drink much," was his comment. "And put in a statement that we're expecting a capacity crowd Saturday...