Word: answer
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...called upon Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, May 10, in Brussels to deliver Germany's notice of "protection," Mr. Spaak cut him short before he could speak. "I have something to say to you before you begin," said Spaak. "The answer is negative." And he presented the German with a Belgian note of his own. The German insisted that he came only to offer Belgium the "protection" of long-suffering Fuhrer Hitler against "invasion" by France and Great Britain. Again M. Spaak interrupted, reading from his own note...
...answer those questions, we need first of all to weight war and its consequences against peace and its possibilities...
...emotionalism controlled by a pro-Ally press and a pro-Ally administration floods the country. The slogans and shibboleths will melt away like sand-bags. The Student Union made no mistake when it asked Professor Elliott to present the case for intervention. His arguments must be heard. The answer must be incorporated in any firm and lasting stand for American neutrality...
...Decided that Methodist candidates for the ministry need no longer answer aloud Founder John Wesley's famed "soul-searching" examination, which contains such questions as "Are you in debt?", "Are you going on to perfection?" and "Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this life?" The questions will still be asked but aspirants may answer them "silently...
...other lines. One morning last summer he briefly mentioned that the drinking water had a peculiar taste. By 4:30 the same afternoon the Hollywood dam reservoir had been partially drained and workmen were ready to clean it. Wiley frankly tells his adoring audience he won't answer their fan letters (about 2,500 a month), bases his success on two rules: 1) accept no "catchem and killem projects"; 2) always tell the girls the truth...