Word: offer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...think Senator Nye's action commendable and worthy of more publicity than State newspapers can offer...
...could not ask for order in the tace of such repartee. I feel highly honored to have such a distinguished journalist deign to notice my feeble remarks. You know, I am the dean emeritus of inconsistency, and I have been conferring degrees for inconsistency, but I will offer you none...
...already earned 22,000 francs [$1,000] from her story of her experiences written for a London newspaper!" boasted Mile de Fontanges' lawyer, adding slyly, "Of course in London they deleted many of her most amorous details. I can now offer the exclusive publishing rights to her diary, but the newspaper that gets it will have to act quickly! She has had many other affairs, but there is a whole chapter on Mussolini...
Meddling families and friends soon precipitated a hopeless mess. Alec ran off with the 16-year-old governess, had a child by her, finally married her apathetically after turning down Betsy's offer to come back to him. Betsy married her rich, aged, Socialist cousin Max. The children took sides, floundered precariously trying to adjust themselves to their parents' sorry conjugal relations...
...steps which the Council is taking lead in the right direction. A faculty advisory board might be persuaded to offer its services for coaching, assisting in deciding winners, and generally playing wet nurse to the organization; and the minor outside debates to be held before local groups in Cambridge and Boston should foster the interest of many hitherto kept out of the picture. Better distribution of prize money is also a magnet of potential drawing power...