Word: mr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pizened Sausages. Finley Peter Dunne's fictional humorist, the Irish bartender Mr. Dooley, imagined the scene when President Theodore Roosevelt first read The Jungle: "Tiddy was toying with a light breakfast an' idly turnin' over th' pages iv th' new book with both hands. Suddenly he rose fr'm th' table, an' cryin': 'I'm pizened,' begun throwin' sausages out iv th' window." Author Sinclair lunched at the White House with T.R., though presumably not on sausages. The President later wrote Sinclair's publisher: "Tell...
...Make Room for Daddy starring Danny Thomas, who played Mr. Thomas...
...Everybody remembers that Corbett Monica played Joey Bishop's agent in the Joey Bishop show, but whom did Mr. Monica replace in that role...
...writing to express my astonishment at the rapidity with which Mr. Alexander's recommendations regarding Corporation appointments are being implemented. I am curious about the new procedures by which I have been appointed special assistant to Mr. Pusey. In any case, I accept. Shall I wait to hear from the Corporation or report immediately for work (which, I gather from the statement I am supposed to have made, will include an assessment of the criteria by which ad hoc committees made appointments to the Faculty...
...allowed to continue to "double as secretary of the CEP," I hope I can continue to depend upon someone like Mr. Alexander to sharpen my prose by the judicious use of ellipses and to clarify its meaning by keeping it free from the confusions of context. Edward T. Wilcox Director of General Education