Word: asking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Francis . . .?" a reporter started to ask. "No comment," grumbled Lewis. "Is it true that Senator Bridges is about . . .?-" began another. "No comment." The reporters paused. "All right. All right," said their host. "Sorry I can't work for you boys all the time but I have other clients...
...Rufus Isaacs, Lord Reading (1918-19), the fabulous genius of finance and the law who rose from cabin boy to England's Lord Chief Justice and Viceroy of India. Before he became Ambassador Lord Reading had served his country well in the U.S. The story goes that he asked the House of Morgan for a billion dollars in war credits. "I'll give you half that," said J. P. Morgan. Reading agreed. Half a billion was what he had been instructed to ask for. ¶ Sir Ronald Lindsay (1930-39). Six ft. 3 in. tall, he resembled...
...life ("Fortunately, Molly never has to be too accurate"). Over the years, the Goldbergs' fan letters (several thousand a month) have maintained a steady 50-50 average between Jews and non-Jews. Mrs. Berg likes to recall the time the Mother Superior of a Philadelphia convent wrote to ask for a synopsis of six weeks' programs. "She said the nuns were regular listeners but they'd given up the Goldbergs for Lent and now they were wondering what had happened...
...band is thinking in terms of a pre-prohibition New Orleans and Davison's in terms of a speak easy Memphis or Chicago. But they are both honest, both pretty much unrehearsed, both happy and medolie. These men are playing around with old friends. When Ory breaks in to ask "How you feeling, Mr. Wilson?", the latter replies with a two-chorus solo that is all the answer required. If you're sick of singing saxophones, try these for a chaser. At present, only Briggs and Briggs and the College Music Shop are kind enough to stock them; but even...
...During the last 35 years our organization has been fighting for a free University for the people. . . . Today we need moral and material help from the free students of the world. To them we ask not to forget that facism which has cost so much blood is still alive in Spain...