Word: telling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Reynoldses. He comes from the vote-gettin' Reynoldses. Back home in Buncombe County his daddy was a court clerk. Uncle Henry was chief of police, Uncle Dan sheriff, Uncle Gus tax collector. When young Bob first ran for local office 28 years ago, he was smart enough to tell the voters that he didn't give a hoot for them, that he was out for a job and the money. They loved it. Prime dandy of the Senate when he is in Washington, he wears old clothes and drawls "No'th Ca'lina" when campaigning...
...thing I insist on; I always do my own directing. Aside from that you may have a free hand. I tell you this show is terrific, sure-fire. It's a superb mixture of pathos and comedy. You can't miss and I am sending it to you first because I know you can tell the real thing when...
...creating. General Franco's magnificent troops and our fearless legionnaires not only have beaten [Premier Dr. Juan] Negrin's government, but many others of our enemies are now biting the dust. Their motto was 'No pasarán,' but we did pass and I tell you we will continue...
...critics thought some of Mr. Mednikoff's work, such as Little Nigger Boys Don't Tell Lies (see cut), beautifully painted. But neurologists and psychiatrists were considerably more dubious of the value of self-administered surrealistic psychotherapy...
Culture-conscious citizens of smaller U. S. cities hunger for high-class music. But few of them ever have a chance to tell a diva from a bettelhooper.* Ordering music a la carte, as music lovers in big cities do, takes expert picking & choosing. Because they want to be sure of the quality of their imported music, small-town U. S. music lovers have long bought it in packaged lots from large, nationally organized concert chains...