Word: beg
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Twenty years ago the title of "world's most famous musician" belonged to a shockheaded Pole named Ignace Jan Paderewski. Flame-haired Virtuoso Paderewski was the greatest pianist of his time and one of its most lionized personalities. Women swooned at his concerts, pursued him to beg a lock of his long red-gold hair. Kings and cabbageheads applauded him. Even among people who never went near a concert hall "Paderoosky" was a name to conjure with...
Sirs: Am I right in my recollection that a few weeks ago you promised to quit talking about the weather and do something about it? If yesterday's tropical hurricane is an example of your efforts, I beg you to lay off, and devote yourself to your own business...
...have a great request for you. I were happy, if you do me the favor. I have learnt the English language a long time by textbooks. And now I might it businesslike apply and myself improve. I think, the best way is to correspond with an American. Therefore I beg you is there not a girl, about 14-18 years old she will correspond with me. Perhaps is one in your office or one of your employees has a daughter or relation. Please, do me favour. If you have found a girl, say her that she write...
With respect to dictatory autocracy and New Deal democracy, it is not always clear where "the parson leaves off and the pew-rent begins" ; I beg to contribute for current circulation: "ipsedictatorial" (or-"dictatory") and "demautocratic" (or -"cracy...
Since three gendarmes still remained besieged, the Nazis dragged the wife of one through the streets by a rope binding her wrists, ordered her to beg her hus band to come out, which she did. Few minutes later a bus load of gendarmes drove up, one was instantly killed in the bus by a Nazi's shot, another was killed as he dismounted. The Nazis scattered as the gendarmes opened fire and after ward the commander of the relieving force said, "The gendarme's wife who was tied up with this rope was lying on the ground...