Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...notice some folks don't like to "give the devil his due." Had California been taken from us 20 years ago, we most certainly would get it back and we wouldn't go to Munich and ask John Bull's permission either. And if he threw out his mighty chest in defiance because he thought he ruled the earth as well as the seas, we'd likewise teach him to mind his own business, wouldn't we ? I can't appreciate a big bully who, after getting his ears pinned back for butting...
...today . . . to measure our indebtedness to those who died. A few years ago, even a few months, we questioned, some of us, the sacrifice those had made. . . . Sergeant York of Tennessee, on a recent day, spoke to such questioners. 'There are those . . .' said Sergeant York, 'that ask . . . "What...
Virpetentes sirenicae. These are cute, try to give the boys the eye, and and answer telephones in hopes of snaring boys who ask for girls...
Contractor Lawrence Wood ("Chip") Robert Jr., ex-New Deal favorite, appeared in Atlanta with a black eye. To curious friends he handed a printed card: "... I was helping an old crippled lady . . . when her crutch slipped . . . and hit me in the eye. If you don't believe this, ask Evie [his wife], she doesn't either...
...stinks. Not one of those Fresh-men would think of entering a restaurant and yelling, "Heh, damn it all, where's our waiter?" Or later, "Hey you! Where the hell is our milk?" What kind of gentlemen are these? The waiters are perfectly willing to get anything they, ask for if it is possible, and all they ask for is a little Commons courtesy. Someday some waiter is going to get really good and griped, and bash somebody on the head saying; "Here's where the hell your milk is!" Shepard Kimberly '45. From The Dally Princetonian...