Word: illnesses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...drum (see cut, p. 20). On his father's side he was descended from at least five generals, one of whom served under Louis XVI. His father, Zephirin Auguste Joseph Gamelin, became Controller General of the French Army after he had been gravely wounded at Solferino, during Napoleon Ill's fight against the Austrians...
...Main thesis of Mesdames Goddard, Camp, Lycan and Stockwell is that there are three kinds of American English, each acceptable in its place. They illustrated this concept by the following variations on the theme, "Mother is not feeling well today": 1) dignified American English for great occasions: "Mother is ill and has retired"; 2) sack-suit American English: "Mother is sick and has gone to bed"; 3) football-field American English: "Mother is on the blink...
Last week 66-year-old Chairman McNinch, ill since April with a stomach ailment, resigned. As he often does in such cases, Franklin Roosevelt published their exchange of letters, praised Frank McNinch's work. Broadcasting-Broadcast Advertising, radio's authoritative trade journal, observed: "He certainly was not lacking in courage, and no one questions his sincerity, though many in radio have not seen eye to eye with him on the majority of his proposed 'reforms.' But ... his selection of William J. Dempsey as general counsel has proved a boon to the efficiency...
Died. William Turner, 96, who was rejected by Union Army doctors in 1861 on the grounds that he had but a short time to live; in Mount Vernon, Ill. In 1896 Turner made a vow never to shave until William Jennings Bryan became President, went bearded to his grave...