Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...found General Patton enthroned in a palace once occupied by the King of Sicily. Ruth and I turned down the famous Patton 75, a suicidal highball of champagne, brandy and possibly other disastrous mixtures. Lunch consisted of G.I. food and shop talk ... I simply had to ask him about the slapping incident., General Patton sadly remarked, 'I always get in trouble with my gawddamned mouth.' At the same time, he shouted at the top of his squeaky voice, 'But if this sort of thing ever comes up, I'll do it again...
...sparsely furnished living room at Mikve Israel (an agricultural school near Tel Aviv), Zvi's son Solomon was reading aloud from the Bible; Zvi himself, a fragile old man with a flowing white beard, lay on a couch listening. Just then, a U.S. newsman came in to ask some questions about another member of the family...
...luckless person who complains that "everything happens to me" may be stating a scientific fact. Many victims of crime practically ask for it: they stand in the path of the crime and "tempt" the criminal. So said a noted criminologist last week. This theory is not new to science, but it was advanced with new force by Dr. Hans von Hentig in a new book, The Criminal and His Victim (Yale University Press...
...bankers doubted whether FRB's action would tighten credit much. There was too much money in circulation and too many big non-bank lenders, e.g., insurance companies, ready to fork out cash. New York's National City Bank Monthly Letter said that a practical banker might well ask: "Why crack down on us so that our competitors can take the business...
...ask why he should fight...