Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...them philosophically. "Now, Scott," he said, for example, to Senator Lucas of Illinois, "first thing to do is to get other Senators' respect, if you have to fight 'em twice a day. After you get their respect you'll have their confidence. Then first thing you know you'll have their affection...
...President tossed Mr. Lewis' paper aside, declared an hour later that he did not know its contents. Fanny Perkins and Messrs. Woll, Bates & Rickert, hurriedly scanning it, did not hide their feeling that John Lewis had pulled a fast one on them and on Franklin Roosevelt. When they emerged a reporter queried Mr. Lewis: "I see you've taken care of Bill Green. How about yourself...
...Later she joined the family circle when Woodrow Wilson read aloud, went for automobile rides with him and Miss Bones. Barely two months later when the President proposed marriage, she was so surprised that she blurted: "Oh, you can't love me, for you don't really know me; and it is less than a year since your wife died." Said Woodrow Wilson: "Little girl, in this place time is not measured by weeks, or months, or years, but by deep human experiences...
...Amateur Athletic Union, McHugh shook his head, took the pen and wrote, "I certify that it was a false start. Borican, the winner, beat the gun by about one yard." Asked why he had not called the runners back, Veteran McHugh replied: "Truthfully, I don't know...
...paid $850 for his church. Impatient to take possession, he prodded the agents. Finally they gave him two keys, and wished him well. Eagerly he went to the church, found that the keys did not fit, was shocked to learn that the Seventh Day Adventist congregation within did not know that their church had been sold. Parson Frazer took to his bed with chagrin...