Word: tells
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...letter he says something about men that held commissions in the A. E. F. From his letter I am not sure that he knows that General Pershing and Vice President Dawes, held commissions in the A. E. F. They did, however, and I know they will be glad to tell him that his letter is absurd. Anyone that reads at all knows in what esteem these two men hold Mr. Baker...
...press conference the President said he had had "something of importance" to tell, but that he had forgotten what it was. Instead of becoming annoyed with himself, he laughed and took Rob Roy (white collie) out for a walk...
...Well, tell the folks I'm going away now. I guess murder will stop. There won't be any more booze. You won't be able to find a crap game even, let alone a roulette wheel or a faro game. I guess Mike Hughes* won't need his 3,000 extra cops, after all. "Public service is my motto. Ninety-nine percent of the people in Chicago drink and gamble. I've tried to serve them decent liquor and square games. But I'm not appreciated...
...monstrous lie!" shouted Colonel Rollet. "You know, Soldier Clare, there is justice in the Legion." "Oui, mon Colonel." "I wish I had the man here who made that film!* "But you, Soldier Clare, know that it is a lie. When you return to America, give us a square deal. Tell the truth, that's all I want." "Oui, mon Colonel." "Touchy." At Marseille, Deserter Doty said: "Colonel Rollet is a touchy old egg, but he's been on the level. . . . The Legion is no young ladies' seminary, though I've never been to one. . . . "Discipline-that...
...strollers, screwing up their eyes, appraised again the astonishingly mongrel collection of Haitian types done by the expedition's third artist. He, Vladimir ("Vovo") Perfielieff, onetime captain of Cossacks, had a story to tell about painting Haitians...