Word: mustn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Honolulu last Dec. 7 Vice Admiral William Lowndes Calhoun broke a standing routine. For once he missed Sunday morning church services. Instead he found himself among officers who were directing streams of yellow obscenities at the raiders overhead. "Gentlemen," he said, "you mustn't address those fellows that way. After all, they are just fighting for their country the way we must for ours." All jaws dropped. Turning his face upward, Calhoun added meditatively, "Yes, the dirty, yellow-bellied sons of bitches...
...year-old paralysis victim from Manhattan, Gerry King, who swings his tiny legs between crutches-and who, before lunch, created a sensation. When Cinemactress Dorothy Lamour leaned down and smeared a lush kiss on his cheek, Gerry hauled off and socked her in the nose. Cried Dorothy: "Darling! you mustn't do that!" Said Gerry: "I don't want that red stuff...
...drapes, narrow ribbons in their couture. Looking forward to the worn ensembles, shiny elbows and frayed cuffs of the future, President Oliver Lyttelton of the Board of Trade sugar-coated the pill: "I know all the women will look smart. We men may look shabby. If we do, we mustn't be ashamed...
...hasn't kept his end of the bargain for five generations. Inasmuch as this steward has proved unreliable, it is high time we got one who will really earn his four pounds. There is no limit to the bad effects of a precedent like this, and it mustn't be allowed to go on too long. If something happened to the Memorial Hall clock, would we just let it lie? If the rope on the church-bell broke, would we give up in despair? A University is not made of quitters. The repaired clock would give the Yard...
...mention the sea of mud in the camps, the overflowing infirmaries, the bad colds, the danger of infection. He doesn't have to be reminded of the Sundays playing poker, the unnatural off-duty life in the nearest town. We mustn't be soft...