Word: asks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Junior Tribal Council of Holy Rosary Mission of Pine Ridge, S. Dak. In our civics class we have been studying the government of our tribe, state and nation. When a man is asked to pay his taxes or to serve in the Army, no one asks him about his religion. No one should ask him about his religion when he runs for office. People should simply ask...
Redemption. In Columbus, John Voltz, defendant in a civil case, was ordered to pay $86.31, later called the judge to ask if he was entitled to trading stamps...
...they ever tell you o' Earl Long is dead," cracked a Louisiana politico, "you just ask them to call a Governors' race. If Earl don't git up an' run, he's dead sure enough...
...Best Single Performance by an Actor." Winner: Hoofer Astaire. (Astaire also won eight other awards, exactly 27 lbs. of Emmys, all for his memorable song-and-dance show last October.) The catalogue of categories seemed endless. On and on it went, until one irritated critic was moved to ask: "Is there a difference between Best Western Actor with Black Stetson and Best-Dressed Cowboy Excluding Canes and Ruffled Vests?" Almost everyone agreed with Angry Loser Ed Sullivan (his presentation of the brilliant Moiseyev Dancers went without a nod), who came away convinced that the academy's 4,000 members...
...stinkpotters. some sailors claim, have demeaned all that is beautiful about life on the sea. They ignore the traditional rules of courtesy (always ask permission to come aboard, never wear leather soles on a deck, never touch polished brass), insist on such levity as cocktail flags-or worse, flags that show a ball and chain (wife aboard), or a battle ax (mother-in-law aboard). They will foul the fine, salty lines of nautical language with mere jibberish, cool their beer with CO fire extinguishers, are blissfully ignorant of the well-founded Rules of the Road...