Word: dad
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Although a jockey gets only $20 for merely riding a race (this is pushed up to $50 for winning, $35 for second place and $25 for third), he also usually gets 10% of any purse his mount wins. After several 10% cuts, Hartack called his father and said: "Well, Dad, pack up your shirt. I'm taking you out of the mines. I just bought a farm near Charles Town and you're gonna...
...cockney cab driver: "I vote Labor every time. But there's nothing like our Queen. No President could talk like that and mean what she means to everyone." A university student was even more choked up: "She really shot back at her critics. After hearing her, my Dad said to me, 'Ruddy good show, that,' and that's just what...
...about finances. In fact, Joe banned all discussion of money among members of his family. He charged his children with his own competitive energy, once ordered a couple of the boys from the table when he learned they had hacked around and lost a sailing race. Says Jack Kennedy: "Dad persuaded us to work hard at whatever we did. We soon learned that competition in the family was a kind of dry run for the world outside. At the same time, everything channeled into public service. There just wasn't any point in going into business...
...stars give other reasons for bringing their children along. Comedian George Gobel says "all children have a need to identify with their dad's work." Arlene Francis puts Peter, 10, on camera because "I just like to have him with me. Some people don't want to go into their private lives, but I think we on TV belong to the public." Groucho Marx offers a more practical reason for having daughter Melinda, 11, as a guest: "She's not in my tax bracket. We can keep what she makes...
...Because your Dad isn't religious," the teacher answered...