Word: rooshia
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...inconsequential you may very well miss the momentous." There is plenty of both. The opening chapters are acutely felt remembrances of childhood as a Jewish outsider, the son of two physicians, in revolutionary Russia and then in rural America. Other children mockingly asked whether he had had pencils in "Rooshia"; a teacher sneered that he of all people should know the meaning of "usury." Arresting as these cherished grievances are, Schneider does little to explain how they shaped his artistic vision...
...Sthreet and Archey R-road," Mr. Dooley mused. "Wud ye know what car to take to get to th' Ph'lippeens? If yer son Packy was to ask ye where th' Ph'lippeens is, cud ye give him anny good idea whether they was in Rooshia or jus' west iv th' thracks? . . . An' what shud I do with the Ph'lippeens? ... I can't annex thim because I don't know where they...
...Hoey and the Gardner Dynasty had an easy time beating out still another ex-Governor, the famed "Cam" Morrison, 74, who held the Senate seat before Bob Reynolds beat him in 1932 by telling North Carolinians in horror that "Cam" actually ate caviar, "fish aigs that come from Red Rooshia...
...Senate for life. Then in 1932 along came Bob Reynolds, who followed him around the State, rolled out a red carpet, imitated Morrison's strut, bellowed: "Why, you know, folks, Cam eats cavi-ah! That's fish eggs, brought all the way from Rooshia." Now Morrison aimed at a comeback as Congressman, had an eye on Reynolds' seat...
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