Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bumping the car in front and the car in back, I finally opened almost enough room for my Lincoln. Just as I was making progress, a Cadillac zoomed up the street and honked at me to let him pass. The racket got me nervous and I missed my pass at the parking space...
...skipped back to the Lincoln and parked at my leisure...
...writing the mayors of Lincoln Park, Inkster and Melvindale suggesting that they annex it," he said. "If they want it, they can have it." Meantime, he added, "It's going to be tough to get snow-removal trucks in there between now and spring...
...Friend of Mankind, but as America's Godfather. There is no need for us to tell you what he achieved for the United States of America, which phrase he coined, since America's indebtedness to Paine has been proclaimed by many of your Presidents, including Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Wilson, and Franklin Roosevelt...
...linens, etc. Moreover, Willie proved so good at horse-betting and other enterprises that by the time the Kefauver Crime Investigating Committee called him last December he could boast of owning a $400,000 house in Deal, N.J., a $45,000 house in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., a Cadillac, a Lincoln, and $30,000 just kept around the house for spending money (TIME, Dec. 25). Last week Willie proved that he had not lost his golden touch. To Manhattan's Central Coat, Apron & Supply Co. he sold U.S. Linen and three subsidiaries. The price: more than $1,000,000. With...