Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Even though we could take a poll," the court mused, "... a majority of the votes of those in prisons and brothels, for instance, ought scarcely to outweigh the votes of accredited churchgoers." Besides, there were precedents: aliens living in common-law marriage had been admitted. "We have now to say whether it makes a critical difference that the alien's lapses are casual, concupiscent and promiscuous, but not adulterous." In fact, concluded Judge Hand, he and his two colleagues did not see any such difference, and ruled that Schmidt should be made a U.S. citizen...
...Daily Mail dusted off a costume quote: "The country should say to [the government] as Cromwell said to the Long Parliament: 'You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. In the name of God, Go!'" The Times: "Mr. Attlee has to ask himself whether the resolve to remain in office can now be upheld. It is scarcely conceivable that the galloping consumption of the nation's wealth and strength can be more than momentarily checked by the government's proposals." The Nottingham Journal: "Mr. Attlee scatters a handful of grit...
...Court of St. James's, took a Manchester audience into his confidence on the subject of his daughter, Sharman, 21, who shares with her close friend, Princess Margaret, a liking for the gay social whirl. Confessed Douglas: "My daughter is quite beyond me. There is little I can say about...
Sittin' on the stones of Rome Make me wanna say I'm home People everywhere Stop and sit and stare Make my trumpet want to blare...
...Sensato is a pensive Argentine comic-strip character who specializes in simple solutions for everyday problems. Last week, while Buenos Aires was agog at the size of the visiting Phillips Oilers basketball team (Center Bob Kurland is 7-ft. tall), Don Sensato had this to say: "It occurs to me that the only way to win from .. . the tall ones ... is to play...