Word: expression
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington correspondent for five Maine newspapers (Portland's Press-Herald, Evening Express and Sunday Tele gram, Augusta's Kennebec Journal, Waterville's Sentinel, all published by Guy P. Gannett) May Craig keeps Mainers so well posted on national affairs that newsmen nave quipped: "As May goes, so goes Maine." This is somewhat exaggerated. No Down Easter herself (she was born in North Carolina, spent most of her life in Washington), May Craig is likewise no Republican. She describes herself as "about 75% New Dealer." But her Maine readers are fond...
...President and Members of the Senate," said President Edwin Barclay in a soft, almost silken voice, "I wish to express to you my high appreciation of the courtesy shown me in permitting me to observe for a few moments the processes of lawmaking in the United States...
Among bluejackets there was talk of boycotting the city in favor of Oakland. Maddest of all were Navy wives and sweethearts, who showered the newspapers with letters beginning: "I am shocked and outraged. . . " ; "I can hardly find words to express my contempt...
...Just as you and I, Colonel McCormick . . . has both friends and enemies. His enemies brand him as a British-hating arch-isolationist, a publicity-thirsty megalomaniac. To his friends, however, Colonel McCormick is a man of independent will, a man of action, a fearless foe, ready to express himself regardless of consequences. I also assume there must be a group of neutrals who has no definite likes or dislikes about the colonel...
...many students who are leaving College for the service at this time," Dean Hanford said, "I wish to express our appreciation for the determination and good sense which they have shown in meeting the uncertain conditions of the past year, and for the good state of morale that has been maintained...