Word: offered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...field of journalism is a big one, and the subjects included in it are numerous. While it is unreasonable, therefore, to expect that a fairly plete training could be given in the College, it should be possible to offer several elementary courses in journalism. A few would be better than none at all, for they would balance the lop-sided emphasic placed on purely creative writing...
Some years ago His Majesty King Zog posted with the more reputable European marriage brokers an offer of $5,000 for a bride "suitable to become Queen of Albania," and willing. Tirana, the mountainous little kingdom's capital, is regarded among diplomats as the "worst hole" in Europe. In a famed instance, lonely King Zog through his telescope espied from the Royal Palace four traveling salesmen playing cards in their Tirana hotel bedroom, telephoned over to ask if he could come and join the game. The defects of Tirana, plus His Majesty's extreme addiction to chain-smoked...
Gratefully Franklin Roosevelt replied to this handsome offer, most munificent ever made by a U. S. citizen to his country...
...only completely taken by surprise but was delighted by your very wonderful offer to the people of the United States...
...Furthermore, your offer of an adequate building and an endowment fund means permanence in this changing world...