Word: doe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Evolution for John Doe-Henshaw Ward-Bobbs Merrill...
...Massachusetts, one Alfred G. Doe secured 17,206 names to a petition which will bring about a popular referendum at the next election on the question of permitting professional baseball on Sundays between 2:00 and 6 :00 p. m. The legislature had previously rejected his proposal-both houses voting 3 to 1 against...
Even in America, where freedom stalks unchecked throughout the land, the newspapers often carry these plaintive little notices which say "I will no longer be responsible for any debts which my wife may contract. Signed, John Doe." The House of Lords might very well have taken one of these notices for a text--it would have been more dignified than the description of woman's legal status as that of a "pet monkey". However true it may be, in or out of law, it should never have been given such official sanction. Much better to have said pet parrot...
...what my function may be, I prefer to leave the reader in doubt. Mere impressions, such as I have recorded here, may possibly have some value. But the masterful words of the professor in Property come back to me, and I quote them in conclusion: "Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Mr. Doe is drooling. Kindly draw the sheet over...
...Shakespeare, or have read him, or don't like him anyhow? The all-seeing publishers have thought of that. No matter! They are prepared to throw in at the same price a copy of Omar Khayyam, or "Auction Bridge for Beginners", or that amazing treasure-house, "Mrs. Doe's Famous Cook Book...