Word: owings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...finest career that any man could have in the armed service of our United States. I have had the great pleasure of serving in all our campaigns from the Spanish War to the present and of commanding the greatest air forces ever brought together on the planet. I owe the Government everything the Government owes me nothing...
...upon the invitation of the Williamstown Institute of Politics to lecture upon Poland and conditions in Central Europe. But he had, as he himself explained, "a sentimental mission" to the American people. "We still have to discharge," he added, "the debt of gratitude* which we feel we owe the American people for the part played by them in Poland's restoration to independence and for their aid and sympathy...
...Then after four glorious years, came Commencement Day, and, dressed in my brother's blue serge suit, I heard my name read with the class of 19--. It had been a close race, but I had won. I did not owe a penny and I had a few cents in my pocket...
...taxi pulling up at the Capitol steps with a final burst of speed. Mr. Dawes jumps out and rushes up that long marble flight of steps in a frantic attempt to save the honor of his country. A voice halls him from below: "Hey, come back here, you owe me sixty-five cents!" Sheridan had his foam-flecked charger. Paul Revere his prancing make but for over and ever Dawes will be known by his Yellow...
...harlot of the British Empire? I am certain that you will persist in calling the British Empire by the rosy name of "Commonwealth of Nations" and so oh and put India in it as one of the commonwealths. Well, I cannot prevent you from doing it, but I owe it to my conscience to protest against the prostitution of this word...