Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ideas at all." Garner wondered "by just what methods of sorcery one of such meager abilities remained in the high post of Secretary of the Treasury." Once Garner said: "Morgenthau is the most servile man toward Roosevelt. . . . In Cabinet meetings, he looks like he is afraid someone will ask him a question and he will give an answer that will displease Roosevelt."* Garner tried to joke with Morgenthau, gave it up "because he had no sense of humor." Then he amended the phrase; he thought perhaps it was "exactly two words too long...
...many rooms as possible in the lower price ranges, even if those willing to pay for superior rooms must pay more than their pro-rata share. The College has an obligation to the marginal student, for whom any rise in expenses is a serious blow, and may rightfully ask those students who are in less stringent financial conditions to bear a greater share of the load...
...hurry for a plebiscite, especially one conducted (as Pakistan demands) by some "neutral" administration. In that land today, who could be neutral or impartial? Abdullah struck a note of grave doubt: "I say to you frankly that if you ask Almighty God to administer the State of Kashmir, I do not feel even He will act impartially...
Only Ellen Orford, the widowed village schoolteacher, gives him comfort. His ambition is to live down his unpopularity, make money (to buy respectability), and marry Ellen. Sings Captain Balstrode, a retired merchant seaman: "Man-go and ask her. Without your booty, she'll have you now." Sings Peter: "No-not for pity!" Balstrode replies: "Then the old tragedy is in store: new start with new 'prentice, just as before...
...manager, a man with the habit of obedience to authority, lined up his underlings. The man with the arm band produced a bottle of colorless liquid and barked: "Drink this before locking the vaults." No one thought to ask why an anti-dysentery potion is not just as effective when a bank's vaults are locked. Obediently they gulped the medicine and collapsed in agony...