Word: hat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...jail?" "He jumped up, put his thumb and index finger behind my nerves in the back of my cranium right here, and gouged me as hard as he could and said, 'You come out. We will settle this.'" Later, related Pearson: "I was about to pay the hat-check boy, when McCarthy came up . . . pinned my arms down, swung me around, and proceeded to kick me in the groin with his knee . . . He said, 'Keep your hands out of your pockets; no firearms, no guns . . .' He said, 'Take that back about my income taxes...
...returned to the reception room there were five graying women clustered around a big table stacked with lists of registered voters, chanting out names, addresses, and party affiliations. Four of them resembled washerwomen but the fifth was nattily dressed in a tweedy jacket, orange scarf, and a chic red hat. Three typists had appeared during our short absence and were peeking out news releases. Smith explained "Of course Mr. Curley's regular political life keeps him busy. That's the only reason these people are working...
...report that President Truman, answering a reporter's question as to whether he had tossed his hat into the ring in San Francisco, replied, "It wasn't my hat...
...President's intentions would be clearer if we could know which word he emphasized. Different meanings might be drawn from: IT wasn't my hat; it WASN'T my hat; it wasn't MY hat; or it wasn't my HAT...
...women attending the postmasters' convention turned out to enjoy a fashion show and hear a speech by Madam Frances Perkins, onetime Secretary of Labor, now a member of the Civil Service Commission. Wearing a new copy of her old badge of office, a small black satin tricorne hat, Madam Perkins, who has never reconciled her views of fashion with those of the style experts, admitted that it was the first time she had ever attended a fashion show. However, she said, "there is one canard I want to deny. I may never have another opportunity. I do not have...