Word: considerable
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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In Europe it was total war. In the U. S. it was shock-the grim event had finally arrived. For Franklin Roosevelt, who had the benefit of forewarning from the U. S. diplomatic corps-he returned to Washington three days before the Nazi thrust-the shock was measurably cushioned. He...
will not be called on to consider that possibility-the war there will be over before armed intervention is possible.
Shrewd, old-style Governor Clyde Roark Hoey (pronounced hooey) of North Carolina heard Negro Contralto Marian Anderson at a Raleigh concert, was so pleased that he invited her next morning to a private, half -hour chat in the executive offices. Reported Governor Hoey, refusing to consider his action unusual: "I...
The earliest origins of the organization can be traced back to a communication issued on October 31, 1865 to the "Alumni of Harvard college resident in New York" calling them together "to consider the feasibility of instituting a society to bring together, more intimately, the members of their college in...
BLONDIE ON A BUDGET: The Blondie series is a classic of Americana, ringing absolutely the correct not in its portrayal of everyday citizens. The films are all about the same, and all good. Sometimes the plots are too ambitious, involving the elaborate business deals of J.C. Dithers, Dagwood's boss...