Word: sure
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ever over there Joe? Sure, I have. I gave him a line. I say I gave him a line. He thinks I'm a great kidder. I tell right up what I think about things. Sure I do. Like the other day. . . . well, tell that guy he can go to some other table if he doesn't like it. Tell him he can go to some. . . .I was telling my friend you can go to some other table if you don't like this...
...look? Don't soil your hands on him. . . .So I let him wait a little that guy'll be going pretty soon now and then I gave him the old line about I couldn't afford it. And that's right. I can't, and keep the bus too. Sure I have. Oh, I sold the Ford to Louie before Christmas. And the old man asks me if I want to live at college next year or get another...
...debonair because a little bird had told him he would be Attorney General when, soon, Vermonters Coolidge and Sargent had retired into history. Though nothing more than a bird would stand sponsor for this piquant prediction, it was one of two things which may definitely be put down as sure about the Hoover cabinet...
...other sure thing is Secretary of the Treasury: Andrew William Mellon. Long exploded is the nonsense that businessmen sacrifice themselves when they take public office. Mr. Mellon has enjoyed being Number One finance man of the world's richest country. After one year under President Hoover, he will be 75, and may retire with the record of having graced three administrations. There are eight other cabinet positions. At least eight men were last week recommended for each of them. Mr. Hoover enjoyed listening to the fine things that were said about all of them. Mr. Hoover was neither stiff...
...passage of anti-evolution laws is enough evidence of the prejudice existing against anything which might disturb traditional opinions. Probably the only way to improve such a condition is by gradual education, and the press can do its share by being as informative as possible. To be sure, there is no particular sensation in the fact that a scientific man believes in evolution, but just because newspapers want exciting headlines is no excuse for misconstruing what a scientist really does say. The press can do its best for the progress of science by emphasizing the dominant truth of its facts...