Word: said
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What had she said, and what had Mr. Hiss said? "I said to him, 'I understand you are trying to get Noel Field away from my organization and into yours.' He said to me, 'So you're the famous girl who is trying to get Noel Field away from me?' Then he said, 'Well, we'll see who is going to win.' I said to him, 'Well, Mr. Hiss, I hope you realize you are competing with a woman.' Then one of us, I don't remember whether...
...been 22 years since he burst into the city hall to punch the mayor of Newburyport flush on the mouth (60 days, said the judge). It had been 18 years since he talked about a formal bout of fisticuffs in Boston Garden to settle a grudge. The days when Bossy Gillis considered it fitting to decorate his roof with chamber pots and his bathroom plumbing fixtures with the names of political rivals were over...
...started a couple of years ago when Homer Snowden decided it was a shame that Christmas had become so commercial. "People are forgetting the story of Christ's birth and the real meaning of Christmas," said Homer, a Texan through & through, a millionaire wildcatter, and as determined a Christian as ever wore cowboy boots...
...this year the neighbors got riled. What with the traffic and the music, they couldn't talk, think, sleep, or get in & out of their own driveways. "I am sorry to say it," said one, "but I don't believe I want to hear Silent Night ever again...
...city doesn't stop football games, do they, just because of the crowds and the noise?" cried Homer. "The people that come to see our scene just stand there quiet and reverent and they don't drink or shout." The city gave up. Said Mayor Wallace Savage: "We can't just pass a law to stop it. Many people would think we were being antireligious...