Word: know
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Edelman flow down to Washington last night after authorities asked him to appear voluntarily before the committee. The 29-year-old Medical School scientist was front-paged in Boston paper Friday when he said he "didn't know" whether he was a member of the Communist Party...
...arranged for me to put in an application for membership. I don't remember whether I signed it or not. After six years it's not too clear. I don't know whether this constituted my being a member of the Communist Party...
...medical doctor, not a physicist," Edelman told reporters. "I don't know a damn thing about nuclear physics. If somebody tried to tell me about the atomic bomb I wouldn't know what they were talking about...
...Washington Embassy, Berlin's principal task was making political reports on the U.S. which were sent to London over the signature, "I. Berlin." Some of these came to Churchill's attention, and when another I. Berlin, better know as a composer than a political analyst, visited London during the War, the Prime Minister decided to entertain him at lunch. There are numerous versions of the meeting, but no official account has been published. It is said that Irving Berlin departed much complimented by the trust that Churchill put in his opinions on American affairs. But the Prime Minister had somewhat...
About his students here and at Oxford, Berlin says, "Very serious, very earnest, very earnest indeed, but only want answers. Don't care about method. Why do I bother leading them round in a maze. Want to know what's good, what's bad. Students in 'twenties drank too much, too gay, didn't work hard enough, but wanted problems. No rush, no short-cuts...