Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...country a direct, definite and positive declaration on this subject. . . . Mr. Shattuck's denial by no means disposes of the matter. . . . A great many people will accept the evidence as proving that the President has been participating in the secret conspiracy against the interests of his own countrymen. . . . If Governor Smith had been elected President last year and had such references to him as President been disclosed . . . impeachment proceedings would have been discussed in the House of Representatives before...
This habit or custom is very impressive, because it always occurs when perfect quiet otherwise prevails. The one able to blow the loudest blast is always rewarded by grateful smiles and looks of indulgence from his countrymen...
Ripped at last, the envelope gave up this piteous sentence: "I feel myself without help and that my countrymen regard me as a traitor to Irak and a servant of the British...
...outcome of my predictions today. Maybe you didn't know there was a Mrs. Huey; well strictly speaking you are right; really it is the Misses Huey, which is only an old Chinese way of saying that I like variety. But then I wouldn't expect my new countrymen to catch on to oriental customs yet so I will leave a detailed discussion of that subject until a later date...
Whatever his countrymen who read or do not read his press (22 newspapers, 13 magazines) may think of him, Publisher William Randolph Hearst can be sure they will not soon forget him. And if his journalistic potency has not been enough, Mr. Hearst has five sons to keep his tracks fresh long after he is gone. The eldest son, plump 25-year-old George, is well along the way as Publisher of the San Francisco Examiner, oldest of Hearst newspapers, after experience as Editor of the New York Mirror (since sold by Hearst) and President of the New York American...