Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Part of that leadership was the act of voting in a democratic election and of proving to the world that democracy works-in all kinds of wind and weather. For it was important for the world to know that the nation which had conceived the Marshall Plan and created the Berlin airlift could change its own leadership at home without altering its concept of freedom or changing its will for peace...
Most of the men around the table were flabbergasted and appalled. Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall went back to his office, called Forrestal four hours later and gasped: "My God, Jim, do you know what that means? That is virtually a declaration...
Before the major could speak, Barsov pointed at the letter and exclaimed: "I know the handwriting on that letter, and unlike you, I'm not going to quibble with you for an hour about whether it's real. That letter was written by my wife . . . I know anything that's in that letter you've forced her to write . . . I'm still not going back." After nine hours the major finally returned with his lone catch, the flight sergeant, who wanted to go back in the first place. The plane was also returned...
...this afternoon when you cheer the blend of fife and tuba that is "Wintergreen," look for a moment at the man with the Dewey button and the tear in his eye and the man with the Truman button and the tear in his eye. These men understand. They know whose absence it is that makes the heart grow heavier this autumn. And not all the brass in Bubduk can blow loud enough to make up the loss of John P. Wintergreen...
...word of caution before you rush out to get some though: Be wary of female clerks. There were WACs in the Pacific too, you know...