Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Gillett also described for the ladies of Springfield the charm, culture, intelligence of his friend, Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Then he said: "Of course, I cannot say very much of Mrs. Smith, because I have never known her, but if the contest was between Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Smith-He did not finish the sentence but the Republican ladies of Springfield thought they understood and applauded knowingly, enthusiastically...
...cannot agree to become a party to the installation in the Executive Mansion of the United States of a man who has been . . . wet . . . and . . . Tammany-branded...
Such questions, vital, cannot be answered without a preliminary brisk reading of the short treaty text, followed by a stimulating mental rubdown with the treaty reservations...
...Sonora, 850 miles northwest of Mexico City, was solemnly returned thither, last week, to seek honest, humble rest. Over his grave will rise no ornate tombstone but at the head will rest a Crown of Clay, baked hard as porcelain. By this traditional symbol, the Republic of Mexico, which cannot crown a living hero, is accustomed to pay royal homage to the Heroic Dead...
...Lady Stanwick had been a peeress in her own right, which is possible, she could not have had a brother. If her brother is a marquis, though, she cannot be Lady Stanwick. She would be Lady Mary Benham (if that is supposed to be the family name). And the daughter could not be the Hon. Alicia. She would, of course, be Lady Alicia...