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Word: asked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Supported not only by the Student Council, but also by the Graduate Advisory Council and the Business School Student Association, the poll will ask three questions: Do you favor (1) No bread or rolls one meal per day and if so, at which meal; (2) Pio one day less per week; (3) No wheat cereals three days per week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council to Test College Views on Wheat Saving | 12/5/1947 | See Source »

From his relatively safe vantage point he observed a local constable, whom he first mistook for a 250 pound Notre Dame fullback, put an affectionate hand on the shoulder of his less timorous roommate and ask, in what he termed a somewhat persuasive manner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Knocks on Yard Doors By Night; Freshmen Tremble | 12/3/1947 | See Source »

Nancy's Friend. He displayed his understanding of other matters at a tea at Rhodes House. To a group of American scholars he said: "I should ask if anyone here has a girl friend named Nancy." There was: Rhodes Scholar Buckley Whitelach. The Secretary thereupon delivered the message, from Nancy Adams: she hoped soon to be on her way to England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Understanding | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...Marshall-Douglas conversation was brief. "Douglas, I'm calling to ask you if you'll accept the ambassadorship to Britain." "You take my breath away. I'll have to think about it." "What is your immediate reaction, Douglas?" "My immediate response is favorable. I'd like four days to think about it." On the fourth day Lew accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Manager Abroad | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...whom shall I ask to speak for me before the National Assembly?" the woman persisted. Several names were suggested. She shook her head: "Oh, leave it. I'm not going to vote for anybody I don't know." Right away, it appeared, Chinese voters were having the kind of trouble Western voters had known since elections got beyond town-meeting stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: First (and Last?) Election | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

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