Word: blanks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blank cartridge fired against a blank wall"President Hoover heard that that was how potent Publisher William Randolph Hearst described the Hoover speech to the Associated Press on law enforcement...
...Blank Cartridge." The subject matter of the Hearst statement seemed to explain why its author had hitched his wagon to the distinguished Kansas City Star. Publisher Hearst felt deeply that "We Need Laws We Can Respect." He also realized that people, whether they think or not, are most likely to respect public statements when they read them in a newspaper they can respect. Mr. Hearst's own press is historically, incurably "yellow...
...President Hoover's address." began Mr. Hearst, ". . . was a shot in the air?a blank cartridge fired against a blank wall...
...Jane Seymour, still, pale-eyed, blank-faced, pretty. She gave him sickly Edward, his only male heir, then died...
...around the horizon. Such a proper lookout will disclose . . . any Coast Guard boat . . . signaling you to stop. The Coast Guard boat will use her whistle or horn or a megaphone or visual signals ... to attract your attention. ... It may be necessary for the Coast Guard craft to fire a blank warning shot. If these fail to produce any result, the Coast Guard vessel is then justified in firing warning shots well clear of the fleeing craft and in assuming that she is endeavoring to escape...