Word: reade
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Leonard once read of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors, tried to settle these grievances, but nothing was accomplished. So he spilled his story to the newspaper and then resigned his post...
...Sparks. He had a memorable meeting with another prominent American last week. After a formal exchange on the subject of Israel with the President of the U.S., Rabbi Herzog opened his Bible and began reading (in Hebrew) the 126th Psalm. Meanwhile, Harry Truman reached into his desk for his mother's old Bible and flipped the pages to the same place. When the rabbi had finished, the President read in English: "When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing...
...neighborhood kids. He would still go down for his daily dog paddle in the faculty swimming pool, and would still nibble the raisins he likes to keep in his briefcase. As for the farewell dinner, it was just sentimental nonsense. "It's damned embarrassing to have your obituary read in front of you," growled the Captain. "I just want to exit laughing...
...summer his job was particularly hateful; without his family, which was in the country, Dostoevsky felt lost. He suffered from nightmares in which his little girl was flogged to death as she piteously cried, "Mamochka! Mamochka!" His only solace was a girl who read proof for The Citizen. They would sit up late, reading galleys over a kerosene lamp and arguing about God and Russia. Sometimes he would explode in fits of rage, pounding the table and shouting "The Antichrist is coming! . . . The end of the world is near at hand...
Unexpected Slip. The ceremony began. Mr. Summers, the leading businessman, was sworn in; the old black box containing the lottery slips was placed on a stool; the list of heads of families was read out. So familiar was the ritual that folks hardly listened at all. In the old days there had been a recital by the lottery official, but this time each family head just came up to draw his slip...