Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ask here that anyone else who agrees with me will they please write their Congressman now, talk it over with others, etc., etc., and generally cause such a "stink"-yes, that's the word-that Mr. Henderson will realize he put his foot in it when he said what he did-and will be more careful in the future...
...Finally, it was felt that though the first period of the training, from April 6 to May 16, was a difficult time to ask students to add another activity to their curriculum, the program is so important that exemptions should be granted only in exceptional cases. If the training is entered upon in a spirit of co-operation and with an understanding that it aims to prepare the individual for future service, as important contribution to the war effort can be in initiated smoothly and effectively...
...heroes on Bataan. He was to take command of all United Nations forces in the Australian area. By remote control, he was to retain strategic command of Bataan. If the Japanese were to be stopped short of the Western Hemisphere, Douglas MacArthur would stop them. Of Destiny, he could ask no more...
Japan has never been represented at the Vatican. But its recent conquests have swelled the number of Catholics in its territory from a few hundred thousand to some 20,000,000 (largest group: the 13,000,000 Catholics of the Philippines), give Japan a good surface reason to ask for an exchange of envoys. And the Vatican, which has long had an Apostolic Delegate in Japan, will have a hard time finding a good excuse for declining...
Time passed and she heard nothing. A lady is not supposed to pry into questions of debt or stockbreeding. One day she met Mr. Martin in the grocery store. Author Rawlings longed to ask him: "Did she take?" Instead she said: "The pig I owed you for. The one I was to replace-" Mr. Martin put out a big hand for her to shake: "Mis' Rawlings, the pig is paid...