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Word: asked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Completely knotted up over the issue, Lewis and Taylor finally agreed on one thing: they would ask the entire Mediation Board to consider the controversy. Meanwhile the strike would go on. They summoned Board Chairman William H. Davis to tell him about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mr. Taylor and I | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...knocked down by a Tripolitan. Another pirate lifted his scimitar to kill the Captain. James dived and took the blow on the back of the head. Captain Decatur said if he would only recover, Reuben James could have anything he wanted. Decatur expected his bosun's mate to ask to be an officer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Reuben James to Davy Jones | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...Churchill were to ask either Parliament or the people whether they wished him to continue as their leader, the answer would be overwhelmingly favorable. . . . Yet the people are not very happy about the leadership they are getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Mountain of Anger | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...haven't enough fire-fighters or medical facilities for emergency use," he declared. At the meeting on November 12 the University will ask for a number of students who are willing to train as volunteer firemen with the Cambridge Fire Department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD TO HAVE AN EFFICIENT AIR RAID DEFENSE ORGANIZATION | 11/7/1941 | See Source »

...nine Faculty members named by you no loss than six are doing precisely what you ask-namely, taking full time leave from their teaching positions and devoting themselves exclusively to defense activities. My own Washington work has involved only a single journey of three days duration to the capital since the beginning of the academic year, and none of my Cambridge appointments have been missed on that account...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/5/1941 | See Source »

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