Word: know
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Members of Parliament who act as unpaid wheelhorses for cabinet ministers and junior ministers. One of their chief duties is to answer members' inquiries at question time, which means that they frequently know more about ministry affairs than the ministers themselves. A post as P.P.S. is usually considered the first step toward ministerial rank...
...luck, you know," said Mr. Hawkings, a trim man in grey flannels. "Yes," agreed Mrs. Hawkings, "things were a bit tight last night. For the first time in my life I slept with my shoes...
...drawing-room windows were barricaded with piles of logs, and a six-by-nine-foot Union Jack was draped over a bookcase. Said Mrs. Hawkings: "I know the Communists don't like a display of flags, but we just wanted to look...
...Kupcinet. "Christianity is forsaking me. Or better, people who claim to be Christians just ain't. It says in the Bible to love thy brethren but people don't practice what the Bible preaches ... I been studying the Koran myself. That's the Islam Bible, you know. Once I get converted, I can't drink, or eat pork...
...College, supervised some highway surveys in New York State. Stepping into the Queens presidency after the past year's tumult and shouting didn't worry him; he called it "a perfectly wonderful opportunity." He thought he had been around the city's colleges long enough to know...