Word: mentioned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Well, I hope to hear from you soon . . . You mention offering no reward to the finder of the bottle. Well, I ask no reward, as it was a very pleasant surprise. Wishing you very good luck, your loving friend...
...mention that the sailplane duration record is 12 hrs. 3 min. This is incorrect, as the present record is 56 hrs., established this spring by a French soaring pilot. U.S. record...
...appointed as his campaign manager a complete outsider, Wilson Wyatt (see below). Stevenson furthermore announced that the campaign would be run by him and Wyatt alone. At any mention of Harry Truman's proposed whistle-stop tour on his behalf, Stevenson remained as chilly as a racquet club elder faced with the membership application of a nouveau riche garage owner...
Entourage of Rulers. Even after King Farouk banned mention of his escapades in the press, the Amins slyly kept their readers informed. They wrote about a vague group called the "Entourage of Rulers," as if the members lived on another planet, thus ticked off every bit of corruption of Farouk and his cronies. Said one article: "The Entourage of Rulers is not to blame for everything . . . An entourage is but a mirror. If there are thieves around a leader, he must appear to the people as the biggest thief of all." The next issue was promptly confiscated...
Corruption? Governor Dever did not hesitate to mention corruption-briefly. Cried he, hurling the statistic of the year: "The Democratic Party pays tribute to the 99.84% of federal employees whose character is above suspicion...