Word: deed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...State Department in Washington. But, said Mr. Hathaway in his registration statement: "We do not act as agent for any foreign principal." Why then, asked the State Department, did foxy Mr. Hathaway register? Obvious answer: Editor Hathaway fears a jury might find that the Daily Worker is in deed the agent of a foreign principal...
...inarticulate servant girl (Ingrid Bergman), marries her, beats her, commits a crime for the sake of the child she is bearing him, dies, is tried in Heaven, sent to Hell for 16 years, then allowed to return to Earth for a day to try to commit a good deed. The play's appeal lies partly in its letting the audience understand perfectly someone who never understands himself at all -who is bad because he is afraid to be good, who beats his wife because he is ashamed of loving...
...been said that some of you are Communists. ... As Americans you have a right, a legal and constitutional right, to call yourselves Communists . . . but . . . you have no American right, by act or deed of any kind, to subvert the Government and the Constitution of this nation...
...bright and valiant knight yclept Sir Vagabond did brace himself for that full mighty deed. Ablution did he make within the chapel, and from the kindly priest did calm and courage take; and from the holy chalice imbibed deep draughts of the juice of the purple grape. His sturdy sword and buckler did he grasp, and kissed for the last time the dainty sleeve which to him his betrothed, the Lily Maid of Noanett, had bequeathed . . . the Lily Maid with lips so red, and bosom white as driven snow...
Explaining his motion to the Council, Councilor Toomey said, "Due to the fact that the Fellows of Harvard University have decided to enter into a much better relationship with the city, I can foresee their willingness to sit down with city officials and deed this land...