Word: said
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Write the name of the man you suspect on this dotted line," said the desk sergeant. Puzzled by the interpreter's translation, Petros wrote his own name, went home. There a police officer met him, took him to jail, locked him up for the night...
...sheriff of New York, the parish needed funds, so we produced Boucicault's The Shaughraun in the basement of the church. I played Corry Kinchela. the villain. . . . The hero was played by James J. Walker, now Mayor of the City of New York. ... I have often said that my prominence in them [amateur theatricals] played no small part in bringing me to the attention of the people of my neighborhood, which, unquestionably, in time to come, had something to do with my elections...
Philosophy. "When all is said and done, it seems impossible to divorce the personal equation from politics...
Thurston was a great success in China. He likes the Chinese. Once he gave a performance at the White House, borrowed Calvin Coolidge's watch, seemingly smashed it to bits. Mr. Coolidge was imperturable, said nothing. Thurston returned the watch unharmed, congratulated the President on "setting the standard of discretion for the world...
Much of this has been said before, but Marriage and Morals is valuable for being at once fundamental and clear, unbiased and persuasive. Author Russell tries to go to the root of each of his ideas, to explain asceticism, romanticism. He takes nothing for granted, not even that parents are beneficial for their children. He writes as a humanist, defending the happiness of man against many moral prejudices, advocates his changes lucidly and wittily...