Word: lesson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Boing Boing Show (Sun. 5:30 p.m., CBS). Gerald and "The Election," "The 51st Dragon." "Ballet Lesson." Air Power (Sun. 6 p.m., CBS). "The Japanese Perimeter," the story of how the U.S. Navy and Air Force crushed enemy carrier forces at Midway...
...story told by Admiral Charles Brown was a stirring lesson for young and old. Clinton Peurifoy, the hero, will always be an inspiration to all that read it as well as the favorite pupil of Jesus...
...know, one of these days, ole Marvin Griffin is going to learn his lesson and get some sense. If he doesn't, they're going to bury him head down, and when that trumpet sounds, he's going to find himself going further the wrong way. I want every person who prays to call Marvin Griffin's name to God, and I want you to say, 'Lord, I'm talking about the Marvin Griffin who is governor of Georgia,' so there won't be any mistake...
...offer of an earldom - the customary reward for retiring Prime Ministers. *Last year Macmillan visited his mother's home town, peered through the window of the house where she had lived, gallantly tried eating fried chicken with his fingers, and at the invitation of the pastor read the lesson in the Methodist Church where his mother had worshiped (he himself is Church of England...
...most valuable lesson Knowland has learned is that a leader must generally ease his way through the Senate, that the Senate cannot be battered into submission. The Senate's informal life can be as important as its parliamentary procedures. When Knowland first became majority leader, Lyndon Johnson once dropped by his office for a drink and a chat. Knowland had one bottle on hand, which he kept in a refrigerator. He had no corkscrew, and his ice trays were frozen fast from long disuse. Bill struggled futilely for 15 minutes, trying to get the cork out of the bottle...