Word: mother
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...campaign, both LaFollette sons were on the touring train. Observant people noticed then that there was "mo; of the old man" in Brother Phil than in Brother Bob. It was in his longer, square-cut face; Brother Bob's face is chubby-round, more like that of his stateswomanly mother, Belle Case LaFollette. It was in his voice, a sharper, stronger, more whip- cracking voice than Brother Bob's. It was in his bodily movements ? quick, alert, crisp; Sculptor Jo Davidson, troubled about the hands of his statue of Old Bob, caught exactly the expression he wanted when Young...
...moving part of the night, but a mother will forget her child and water will run uphill before a Scotsman will be unable to recognize that form and face. I went on one knee to her and she extended her pretty hands. I called her my liege...
...plebe, for instance, is not recognized by the Corps for his first year. He is by himself in a world apart, subject to judgment at all times. And this is wise. Conceive Mr. Dumbjohn the name is itself traditional who receives an appointment to the Academy Promptly Father and Mother Dumbjohn print accounts of young hopeful's appointment in the Podunk paper. He is given farewell parties, he lords it over the soft-eyed damsels, he is escorted to the train with the Podunk Fireman's band. The hero is doing the Government a favor to become a cadet...
...scholarship is established, according to Mr. Pugsley's letter to Dean Pound, in honor of his father, Cornelius A. Pugsley, and his mother, Mrs. Emma Catherine Gregory Pugsley. The recipients of these awards will be designated by the governments of their native countries. In case of default of such official designation, the dean of the Law School will be empowered to select a qualified foreign student...
...reward to Byrd for his Antartic expedition). Soon Elnatein will be sold for "Not a cough in a carload"; and James Joyce's books, because "They are mild--yet they satisfy." Morning, evening, all day long chant the priests "Advertisa is great. Advertisa is great. Blessed be Advertisa, mother of Mammon. Bigger and better advertising...