Word: telling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stood up and said that he didn't want to make himself obnoxious but that he thought the thing had better stop. The girls and boys all hooted him down and began to make bets on how long the host would live after Burlingame had finished with him. I tell you they're awfully jolly, very, very jolly out at Cambridge. Those boys just take everything as a joke. May be that's why a certain Boston Debutante is so definitely that way about three or four of them and doesn't mind proving...
...glance at Paul Dietz' life will show his wide experience. Born in Weimar, his theatrical inclinations early lead him to the State Theatres of Lubeck and Bremen, and eventually to the Court Theatre in Gotha, where his record includes distinguished auditions in "Faust," "Othello," and "Wilhelm Tell...
...never drive more than 30 m. p. h. myself but I like to know I am maintaining that speed and that everything is in order. Can you tell me why your admirably courteous motor police are under instructions never to oblige a motorist by pacing him? I have met with refusals in the States of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, although I merely asked to be paced at 30 m. p. h. The officers were polite and did not seem to know themselves the reason for their instructions. With all this talk of safety, I should think every assistance...
Postmaster General Farley brought a message from President Roosevelt: "Congratulations from an air-minded sailor. . . . They tell me that the inauguration of the transpacific sky mail, also celebrates the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first clipper ship in San Francisco...
...living in your other house and won't pay rent and won't get out. Someone stole the top off the stove and broke two windows. Your cross-cut saw is gone and so is that gallon of sorghum. I'd have written sooner to tell you they stole your last four chickens, but I couldn't find a stamp. The moths are in the clothes and two blankets. Both children have mumps. Harry says he will sign your bond if the weather fairs...