Word: finds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Teased by reporters, Mr. Calhoun inquired: "Who is F. Scott McBride? I've never met the gentleman. ... I guess we'll have to find out just who Mr. McBride is and exactly who he thinks he is. That's the way I feel about...
...fine connections with certain Naval officers and could furnish me information that would help me in my fight for a stronger Navy.? He told me of several inventions of his, and I replied that I would be glad of any aid he could give, I did not find him to be a Naval expert in any particular sense...
...been everywhere. He seems to know nearly everyone worth while in the capitals of the world. He is no mere pretender. Pin him down and you find he is not a cheap drawing-room boaster. He knows the people he calls acquaintances or friends. He proves...
...consequence is that if you had a general congress of all such reformers?not merely members of a particular society but all the people who are demanding sex reform?there would be a curious cross-party organization. Probably the Pope would find that on nine points out of ten he was warmly in sympathy with Dr. Marie Stopes. And all of them would probably disagree on such a question as the age of consent...
...famed young man, Private Christian Keener Cagle of Company B, does not find that being "the greatest football halfback since Red Grange" helps him with his studies, though J. A. K. Herbert sometimes does.† But neither does his fame diminish bis popularity at the Point because, newspaper and schoolgirl illusions to the contrary notwithstanding. Christian Keener Cagle is not a domineering, fire-eating, muscle-bulging hero off the gridiron. He is quiet, retiring. He brought a drawl but not much rambunctiousness with him from Louisiana. He is not even redhaired, as legend says, nor six feet tall...