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...this so-called "American" German sympathizer? What we need is phew-Herr Adlermanns and fiihrer Hitlers in this world...
...take all the oil out of Pew. There isn't anything to take out of Cooke. . . . Why, every time 'Jumping Jay' Cooke hands out a statement prepared by the high-priced utilities' publicity department, the stench of crude oil causes the public to say 'phew,' sometimes pronounced...
That night Mrs. Roosevelt got word of the attempt on her husband's life when she returned from a speaking engagement to her Manhattan home. Said she: "Phew! . . . But then those things are to be expected." Next day she went as scheduled to Ithaca, N. Y. to deliver an address...
...praise in highest terms; the third, to give in small quantities; the fourth, to impose on by flattery or delusive promises; the fifth, to express sympathy, etc. The Graphic limerick rhymed with "stew" and "chew"; the Home News offered "barbecue" which, they said, is "an animal, roasted whole"; "phew,"?"an expression of disgust or surprise," they made clear; "eschew," which means to "avoid" or "shun," the editors of the Home News told the public so that there would be no mistake about it. Certain readers of the Home News, however?those whom Robert Browning could have complimentedtore up their...