Word: statement
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...statement concluding TIME'S article-"Such matters [used v. new barrels] are actually pure custom; the Scotch prefer used sherry casks"-is nearly as irrelevant as saying that gin producers prefer not to age in barrels...
...Acting President Li Tsung-jen, blatantly betrayed the bankruptcy of Nationalist China by trying to pull one of the most freakish double-steal plays in modern diplomacy. He proposed to the Soviet Union a pact promising elimination of U.S. influence in China-and simultaneously asked the U.S. for a statement of support to assist him in negotiation with Moscow. The State Department's one word for this was "incredible...
...Youngstown, Ohio, giving Lakewood, N.J. as his birthplace. Had Gates been using that name since 1932? Yes. McGohey fished out a 1937 passport application in which he gave his name as Isriel Ragenstrich. Had Gates not gone to jail twice? Yes. McGohey confronted him with a previous sworn statement, declaring he had never been convicted of a crime...
...Brentwood, Md. two years ago. He was sworn in with an oath of office, customary in Brentwood, which contained the phrase "I believe in God." He made no objection at the time but, after thinking it over later on, decided he could not again honestly swear to the statement...
...Tell an intoxicated person]: 'If you will come with me there is a friend in the lobby who would like to speak with you.' This statement cannot offend and being in a suggestive tone will be apt to be carried into effect...