Word: petted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...adopted daughters; buy Adopted Daughter and Airwoman Sahiba Gokcen a house; see that the two children of President Ismet Inönü, the ghazi's successor, get the best possible education; support the Society for Promulgation of the Turkish Language and History, Atatürk's pet hobby...
High thinking was promoted by barring all children's books, starting Bertha right off with Shakespeare, Milton, Jane Austen and, of course, Thoreau. Grandma allowed no gossip about people-"not people outside of books." Grandma disapproved of dolls and pets. Bertha once tried to hatch out an egg herself in order to acquire a pet, at last resigned herself to loving a tree...
...election in a key State where the Republicans have a chance to win. He also is a maybe-maybe-not prospect for the U. S. Supreme Court. At all events he is a devoted friend and follower of Franklin Roosevelt. But now one of his pet oxen was being gored. Although politicians have long assured businessmen and others that it is perfectly proper for Congressional investigations to permit biased witnesses to air scandalous charges against honest citizens, in this case Franklin Roosevelt reacted like any indignant businessman...
...never having used violence in executing a court order, at first seemed stymied by Mrs. Barnett's tactics. But early one morning when his customary audience was home in bed, he and twelve deputies cautiously moved up on the house. Mrs. Barnett, in the back yard feeding her pet cockatoo, ran in, bolted the door...
Long Mr. James's pet road (he also has large holdings of Great Northern, Southern Pacific and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy), Western Pacific has 1,207 miles of road, a main line running from Oakland Mole, Calif. to Salt Lake City and from Keddie to Bieber, Calif., where it connects with the Great Northern And Western Pacific's holding company, Western Pacific R. R. Corp., has a half interest in Denver & Rio Grande Western. It thus forms a link in a direct route from St. Louis to the Pacific...