Word: neveral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Empiricist. In St. Paul, James McVey, 78, charged with drunkenness, got off with a suspended sentence by explaining that he had never been drunk before and just wanted to see what it was like...
Acheson sat down and made notes on what he thought the U.S. reply should be to a proposal it had never officially received. Next day, he went over his draft with President Truman, who, like his Secretary of State, only knew what he read in the papers...
When President Harry Truman starts talking off the cuff, his advisers are never sure whether he's going to wind up with a blast at Wall Street or a side remark that sets his State Department to explaining that U.S. policy on Russia is unchanged. But when he dropped in at the Statler Hotel one night last week for a little off-the-cuff talk at a National Planning Association dinner, the President was all primed with a theme to suit his audience...
...last week, Margaret faced a real ordeal-a New York press conference. She never looked better, was natural, frank and gay. The reporters were charmed but blunt: Whom would she date? "I don't know-I'll have to wait until they ask me." "What about your love life?" "Absolutely none, except music-at the moment." Well, what about the President's recent remark that he hoped to hand down his gold-headed walking cane to a grandson? "I think Daddy was a little short of something to say at that point...
...Virginians were astounded to discover that their guests had never heard of Robert E. Lee, hurried them to the great man's statue and briefed them on his activities in the Civil...