Word: ma
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...characters that makes them vibrantly alive, John Steinbeck has created a book of sweeping movement and feeling. The Joads of Oklahoma start with "the little fellas Ruthie an' Winfiel'", and 'teenish Al, and Rose-of-Sharon and husband Connie, and twentyish Tom and Noah; then it goes through Ma, Pa, and Uncle John to Granma and Granpa. They are individuals, but only in an emotional way; their natures are interesting for their hearts and their spirit, not their minds...
Even Hitler had a mother, even Mussolini had a ma; When they were babies they were cross, perhaps, But all they needed was a change of naps-maps...
...hard upon the Black Shirts, they may be rather Swastika, But even Hitler had a mother and even Mussolini had a ma...
Later on, to show her affection for Gable, Carole Lombard sent him hams with his picture painted on them. He reciprocated with a gift of a fire engine. Soon Gable and Lombard called each other "Ma...
...provinces making speeches praising the expropriation policy. For six days Envoy Richberg cooled his heels, diplomatically saying little and not denying reports that he would propose a compromise whereby the companies would operate the wells for the Mexican Government. Last week this bit of Mexican "mañana policy" was suddenly ended by hard-bitten General Joaquin Amaro...