Word: tells
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moment, the AP's Topping told the Army's Kemper that the U.S. was 1) demanding his men's release but was 2) refusing to pay the ransom of recognizing the Red satellite, Major Kemper grinned. "That's enough for us," he said. "You can tell them that we'll sweat it out as long as it takes...
...gives wives tags to hang on furniture around the house to remind their husbands of the furnishings they can earn. Some firms have even sent buzzers and shrill whistles to a salesman's children; when dad asks what the noise is all about, the kids are instructed to tell him it's only a reminder to straighten up and sell harder. More constructively, Carrier Corp. recently launched a three-month sales drive. First prize: a $10,000 scholarship for a salesman's son or daughter...
Then, with a faint smile on his lips, he leaned toward me and asked: "Tell me, have you ever killed...
...reading primer ("Easy little steps for muddy little feet") is completely Mad: "My teacher is Miss Furd. I tell the school board Miss Furd is a Commie. Miss Furd is through in this town . . . This is Bobby Smith. He is our playmate. Bobby sells reefers to the other children in school...
...business of being a ship's officer. He was a prudent sailor, a superb professional in the chancy matters of wind, tide, hemp, oak, canvas and gunpowder, at a time when a man-o'-war was a floating firecracker rather than a seagoing IBM machine. Nelson could tell changes in weather by twinges in his stump of arm (my "fin") as well as by the ship's barometer...