Word: ga
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Good day" in Japanese is Konnichi wa (literal translation: "As for today . . ."). Another idiom: to say "I want whiskey," Japanese observe politely Toki-doki uisuki ga hoshii desu ("Now and then whiskey is desirable...
Twice in recent weeks ugly gossip ran up & down the wide and sunburned streets of Rome, Ga. (pop. 26,282): there had been what the white residents called "nigger trouble." A young Negro had sat in the white section on a bus, starting a row. Then word spread that a Negro preacher was saying that now, while white men and boys were away in the Army, was the time for Negroes to assert their rights...
Retriever. In Donalsonville, Ga., Hunter Egber Ward's dog swam out in a lake to retrieve a dove, returned with a trout...
...Albany, Ga. shoeshop reported an alltime high in low-heeled shoe sales...
...Nose. In Columbus, Ga., R. P. Peacock sat down to watch a ball game, declared to a companion: "I hope no one scores until the last half of the ninth. Then I hope we get a home run." He got his wish...