Word: said
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...basis of the election, one Republican seemed best qualified at the moment to speak. Said New Jersey's Driscoll: "One thing that riles me is this talk that the Republican Party mustn't be a 'me-too' party. It all depends on what you're me-tooing. If it's the Ten Commandments, then 'me too.' If it's the Preamble to the Constitution, then 'me too.' If it's a strong national defense without wasting money, then...
...Denmark-to celebrate another Democratic victory in "the making. Between the diamondback terrapin soup and the baked seafood canape, White House Press Secretary Charlie Ross approached the dais with a sheaf of figures in hand. Harry Truman rose, grinning, and without waiting for the formality of an introduction, said into the mike: "I have some early election returns. Lehman and O'Dwyer seem to be winning. It looks pretty good." After the Boston ice cream pie had been cleared away, the President rose again to announce "the latest returns on the Lehman-Dulles fiasco - and it will be just...
...more minutes he chatted on, about the new responsibilities of the Demo cratic party about his dream of bringing Point Four development to the backward areas of the world. Said the President: "I am more than convinced that the Democratic Party, the party of the people, will continue to do [the] job for the welfare of this nation, and for the welfare of the world." Term Indefinite. Then Harry Truman went back to Blair House, where he stayed awake until 11 o'clock listening to the late returns which nailed down the Demo cratic victories. Next day he confided...
...Turned up at a luncheon given by the National Conference of Christians and Jews and promised to keep plugging for his civil rights program. Said the President "I don't see how we can do otherwise than pass this legislation...
...Earl Brown, a brand-new man in politics who worked his way through Harvard, taught college economics, is currently a staff reporter for LIFE. Democrat Brown, who was also backed by the Republican and Liberal Parties, breezed in by a three-to-one majority, 63,000 to 21,000. Said Brown: "It shows that the Negroes want no part of Communism...