Word: hadn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Another surprise was the abundance of servants. "At home in Washington I hadn't been able to get servants for ages. Here I have a housekeeper, a gardener, [and] we will probably get a maid or nurse for the children...
Indeed, he hadn't, the Senator protested. He had merely dredged up from high school days the one French sentence he remembered...
...aggrieved man with a "stomach misery" said he had paid her $60, had drunk a quart of mysterious liquid every three days for five months without any sign of improvement. Another had given her $25 to slap a hex on an undesirable daughter-in-law. The damned thing hadn't worked. Neither had a $40 wife-luring...
...possible fuss" had been made of the matter. Britain's usually impassive Sir Alexander Cadogan, his face flushed with indignation and the Council chamber's oppressive heat, pointed out that the Iran matter would have been disposed of by a routine report on May 6. "If Russia hadn't brought it up today, this wouldn't have happened." Later, in the bar, Brazil's Pedro Leao Velloso remarked to Gromyko: "You know, I am learning Russian." Replied Gromyko: "Oh no. You are learning to vote against Russia...
...Cubs, who hadn't fattened their 1945 roster much except for pitching. Manager Charlie Grimm would still have Batting Champion Phil Cavarretta...