Word: donning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Big Mike had no intention of giving up. He got Brownie from the U-Drive to run his campaign against the recall and issued new pronunciamentos. "Why do the politicians want me out of office?" bawled Mike. "Could it be that they are frightened at what I will uncover? Don...
All day Sunday the BBC repeated a solemn announcement that "the Right Honorable Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer," would have something important to say at 9:15 that evening. When the hour came, Sir Stafford, in clipped, clear accents, spoke into a microphone at No. 10 Downing Street...
The King's letter went on & on in that vein. What it boiled down to in the American language was: "Oliver, we're getting along all right with the Americans, but the situation is ticklish and might come unstuck. Go over there and keep a sharp eye on...
Tongue for Imperialism? Nehru's views were not shared by many of the 36 legislators who took part in the argument. Most of them spoke in English. They offered more than 300 amendments. Southerners were most vehement. They hooted and jeered at pro-Hindi spokesmen, denounced "Hindu imperialism." Madras...
"After studying the world's cab-riding habits at some length," announced Tomo-michi Tanaka, a bristling, bossy little ex-lieutenant general of the Japanese army air force, "I find that Americans and Europeans like to ride up front. This is a sign of higher culture. They don'...