Word: tell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...comments like that. 'Excuse me, Mr. Eliot,' he said, 'but this is a subject on which I know more than you.' The President's face showed no trace of resentment, for the excellent reason that there was none to show. He had heard a sincere and devoted man tell him a plain truth. In such an utterance from such a man he saw nothing unbecoming. He wanted a certain sound from the trumpet...
...loved to tell experiences which amused him and told them with full appreciation of their humorous side. One of these experiences was the acquisition of Austin Hall...
...loudspeaker. Not a word did he miss. He was listening to the now familiar voice of Prime Minister MacDonald speaking before stiff-shirted notables and receptive microphones at a dinner in Manhattan. Told that there was a telephone call from an intimate friend, the President said: "Tell him I'm too busy...
...Lynn, Mass., Joseph Murphy, 7, pretended to be the son of William Tell, placed-an apple on his head. His friend Alfred Howard, 8, William Tell with an air rifle, shot Joseph in the chin...
Duties? They are innumerable. It is the Plebe's duty at meals to pour the water, milk, tea, coffee and anything else pourable. He carves the meat, sees that there is sufficient of everything on the table. At breakfast, he must know and tell the "number of days" to all important events. Woe to the Plebe who knows not "How many days till Graduation...