Word: musts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pretty largely to 'How much?' rather than 'By whom?' . . . Question asked -us most frequently is 'Does he know it?' referring to Truman's impending defeat; kind-hearted America felt grieved at what she was doing, like disappointing a child at Christmas: it must have made many Truman votes...
...went down fighting with all he had . . ." Flanking the editorial were Drew Pearson, Walter Lippmann and Marquis Childs, all out on the same limb. Chicago's Journal of Commerce, in its "final" edition, referred to "President-elect" Dewey and was full of such heads as "New Regime Must Shape Trade Policy...
When he was 15, Knox began to take up religion seriously on his own. A friend came down with typhoid and, feeling that he must somehow help, Knox lived on bread & butter for six weeks. When the friend died, Knox prayed for him 15 minutes daily "with my hands held above the level of my head, which is not as easy as it sounds." At 17, he vowed himself to celibacy: "The uppermost thought in my mind was not that of virginity ... I must have 'power to attend to the Lord without impediment...
Says Jerry: "Dad doesn't insist we all must be world beaters. The only thing he lays on the line without any ifs is we've got to play hard. And he lets us know that if our marks fall we're out of football. None of us could stand that...
...Earl's Court, Londoners crowded into their first big auto show since war's end. They could look, but few could buy. Since Britain must export 75% of its cars, most of the new models were aimed at U.S. trade. They had the wide grillwork which Britons call "the Dollar Grin." Daimler's pastel green, 150-h.p. convertible, with hand-built body, was the show's most expensive car. In England, with a $10,000 tax, it costs $28,000. U.S. price: about...