Word: sures
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trainmen's A. F. Whitney sent a wire ("When is it wrong to get a bloody nose when you are right?"), then appeared himself. In a letter, Harry Truman replied: "I am much in the same frame of mind you are . . . The compromisers got nowhere as I was sure they wouldn't, and they never had any consideration for me." This sounded like a slap at Speaker Sam Rayburn, who tried to put over the compromise. Press Secretary Charles Ross hastily explained that there had been a double misprint. The letter should have read: "The compromises got nowhere...
...general comment from Japanese was: "Arigatai des" [We're grateful]. But there were some skeptics. Said one young Japanese: "Sure, we're terribly grateful for this. Still, if they wanted to continue the reparations, what would there be left to take...
...will send out investigators for pilot studies of just what community groups are doing to improve their schools. It will also act as a clearinghouse for good & bad news about U.S. public education, citing local groups for a good job wherever possible, and spotlighting problem areas. To make sure that the commission stays above all special interests, it will accept only members "not professionally identified with education, religion, or politics." As the commission set up shop this week, it had $250,000 in grants from the Carnegie Corporation and the General Education Board to help it along. To many professional...
When the title story in this collection of tales first appeared in The New Yorker, it brought forth a flood of mail. Few readers were sure they knew what the story meant, but it had dug its way into their minds...
Craftsman. In Columbus, Ohio, Kenneth L. Scott, after admitting that he broke into eleven safes, assured police: "I'm the third best safecracker in the country, and I'm. not sure the other two are better...