Word: reckoned
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...small voice in the corner mentioned that Wally Flynn and Jack Guidera were playing fullback and a chorus of voices with four days of intersectional indoctrination chorused, "Man, ah reckon you're crazier 'on some of them damn Yankees." The hysteria set in again...
...Friday last we were seeking Charlottesville by automobile. Or more specifically we sought Culpeper, a focal point en route. So we hailed a passing rebel. "Man," he said, toying with his curly locks, "ah reckon you're in the wrong state." Five miles later we came to Culpeper...
...second phase of the war, the Red Army generals reckon, can be brought to a successful end within three months. The Mediterranean would be neutralized by then, and the Soviet would only have to cover its European flanks against assault from the British Isles before embarking on the third phase. One hundred divisions or so are considered enough for this rearguard, of which some 50 would be composed of Bulgars, Yugoslavs and Czechoslovaks...
...consisting of local farmers and Ministry of Agriculture officials, have broad powers to instruct farmers what to sow and produce. But Dennis claimed that mustard would not thrive because the field was infested with charlock (wild mustard, a common agricultural pest detested by grain farmers). Anyway, he said, "I reckon to know more about how to till my own land than any Government official." Defiantly, he sowed buckwheat. Thereby he committed two offenses: 1) he ignored the Committee's orders; 2) he planted buckwheat. In Britain, a farmer cannot plant buckwheat without a license. Busy Farmer Dennis...
...background for growing up. Parents were willing to be mature, to take responsibility; sensing this, the young deferred to them and were content to remain young. There was, he thinks, a more serene friendliness between boys & girls when sexuality was postponed in favor of romance. "Statisticians have yet to reckon the nerve strain in American life which comes from precocious attempts at maturity and painful struggles to retard middle...