Word: telling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this part of the country, when someone jumps into a gap in the conversation with this remark: "I heard a most extraordinary story the other day"-anyone may interrupt with "Stop right there! I know what you are going to tell us. A friend of yours, or someone's sister, or your aunt's cousin, picked up in her car a woman who was walking wearily along the street. She got into the back seat and after a silence announced 'Someone will die in this car today.' After the driver had recovered a little, she went...
...that when you have only 18 francs in your bag?' The woman had exactly that sum. Then the gipsy told each of the other passengers how much he or she had, down to the last sou. 'Since you know so much,' one passenger asked, 'tell us when Hitler will die.' 'On December second,' the gipsy said, and got out at the next stop...
...Washington to announce a contrary view. A quiet, softspoken, long-suffering ex-judge (keeping close control over one of the hottest tempers in Washington), Cordell Hull's difficulties have long provided left-wing New Dealers with some of their favorite and more malicious anecdotes. They like to tell about the time he was told of the Munich settlement, glanced at the documents, drawled "Sure 'nough" and went on about his business. They tell of the time he spoke with quiet pride of his work as a reformer on the first modern U. S. income-tax bill back...
...tell you that, you'd drop right outa your pants...
...floats have been out of the water for a couple of days but crews will still be putting out if weather permits. "After Armistice Day you can never tell what the weather will be like," says Harvey...