Word: pass
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When a Nigerian says "fine pass" he means very good quality. When he says "fine pass kerosene" he means the very best. The British Labor government's high-minded intentions toward its African empire were certainly "fine pass kerosene"; but its performance was "soso talk" (ineffectual messing around...
Said California's Jimmy Roosevelt: 'It's like a football game, and deciding to pass on the 20-yard line. If you connect -you're a great quarterback. If the opposition intercepts ... the quarterback...
...When Franklin Pierce ordered Congress back to pass an Army appropriation bill...
Editorialized the Manchester Guardian: "Into these two letters one may read as much or as little as one chooses. That it should be front-page news for an Archbishop of Canterbury in modern times to pass the time of day . . . with a Pope of Rome is an interesting commentary upon the Church in present-day Europe...
Money is neither an object nor an obstacle at Landhaven. Those who can afford it pay the full $1,650 a year. For others, Millen has not only written off the tuition altogether, but provided clothes, books and pocket money. But every Landhavener must pass a Stanford-Binet test with a "gifted" rating: the average I.Q. for the group entering this fall...