Word: know
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several members of the new Council signed a petition calling for a February date because the members do not know each other. One elective and two appointive posts are still undecided, and two candidates for the presidency were elected just last week and have not been given equal time to campaign...
Neville Chamberlain: "Always struck me as a rather cold fish. I mean he had a look on his face-a sneer. I don't know whether it was intended...
Stanley Baldwin: "In his way, you know, [he] was a great parliamentarian. I mean, he played on the House with very great skill. If there was anything awkward, he'd get up and talk about airy nothings. Nothing whatever to do with it. But he'd soothe the House...
...German Generals: "A futile lot, I thought. Lacking in will and lacking in execution. How they failed to bump off Hitler with the opportunity they had, I don't know...
...glories and the horror of Warren's existence are accentuated dramatically by the quality of understatement which appears to have marked his way of life. First, he found it possible to work extensively and accomplish much. He was the first to know and translate many of the Buddhist and Peli texts. He read for his pleasure in French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Russian. Harvard's great Sanskrit scholar, C. R. Lanman, and President Eliot have both testified to Warren's impact upon the academic world...