Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this thing happens again, just call Trowbridge 0125 and ask for me," said the deputy chief last night...
...will tour. In the past year and ten months, he has made six trips to South America, Central America and the West Indies, averaging at least a speech a day, shaking hands, warming up everyone with his ingratiating smile, sometimes impulsively handing out advice which South Americans did not ask for. Some South Americans were a little nonplussed, but trade has started to flow Louisiana...
Admission. Next morning the tempest he had so casually stirred up broke on Dalton. Tory M.P. Victor Raikes told Dalton that he would ask a question in the House about the tip to the Star. After a routine Cabinet meeting, Dalton took Attlee aside and admitted his indiscretion. He offered his resignation. That afternoon a much subdued Dalton arose in the House of Commons to answer Raikes's question. "I appreciate that this was a grave indiscretion on my part," he intoned, "for which I offer my deep apologies to the House...
...only 25,000 Protestants in Spain-most of them foreigners. We Catholics lived peacefully with the Protestants while they limited themselves to the practice of their cult. But when they tried to convert Spain into a land of missions, we Catholics are obliged to go on guard and ask strict compliance with the law on behalf of internal peace...
Winant: "I will call up the President by telephone and ask him what the facts...