Word: blush
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Miss Gallup admitted it was the first poll she had ever directed. But said with a blush that if represented a cross section of the girls...
...hair-splitting an effective adjective, let Astronomer Allen blush Neon...
...about the U. S.-why our country is so goddam pro-British is more than I can understand. I fear our present sentiments would cause Washington, Hamilton and Patrick Henry to blush with embarrassment. We licked the damn English once, now why the hell do we have to pal around? If we do go in again it will be a bad mistake. One man can keep us out. I think most of us are willing to admit now that Franklin D. Roosevelt is our greatest president. If he keeps us out of this war, he will go down in history...
...sprightliness, as they must occasionally to all improvising pianists, get way out of hand. His sincerest admirers will play oftener the solider, more artfully imaginative passages of The Boy and the Boat, a number which should make even plain listeners' feet pat as rapidly as their cheeks would blush if the meaning of its title were generally known...
...exhibit opened on schedule without Munnings. Said he indignantly: "I could not trust myself to be there without shouting out my protest. Having blushed once at my young efforts, I have now to blush again...