Word: rightness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tell you that, you'd drop right outa your pants...
...filled with straws in the political wind, blowing in all directions. Gusty or strong, or just an off-year breeze, the wind ebbed and eddied over Ohio, California, the cities of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Although local crosscurrents were set up, the general direction was Right, the temperature generally warmer...
...drive for the higher ground at Hertogenbosch, Tilburg and Eindhoven, is where the first German assault could be expected. Gaining this foothold, the Germans could then press on to take Flushing and other coastal points south of the river deltas, enjoying the Dutch flood zone as protection for their right flank from any counterattack. The likelihood of this attack, and its obvious menace to Belgium, was believed last week to have led King Leopold to tell Queen Wilhelmina that if the Germans invaded her land, his troops would have to occupy her southeastern corner to meet them. Also...
...Waitresses with white aprons carried away empty beer glasses. The crowd pressed toward the cloakroom and I followed, leaving many persons still in the hall. I entered a vestibule on the right of the cloakroom and handed over my coat check...
Stout, heavy-jawed, small-eyed Viscount Rothermere sat on a front bench at the justice's left while his attorneys, headed by tall, beak-nosed King's Counsel Sir William Jowitt, vigorously charged that the plaintiff had no moral right to bring into court as evidence confidential letters, some of which they say she took off her employer's desk without his knowledge. Counsel added feelingly that Lord Rothermere had no idea that she kept photostats of highly confidential material at any time...