Word: think
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York Telephone Co. declared war on "Hello." Said the company in a burst of confusion-making advice: "Think of the time that would be saved if all telephones were answered: 'Mr. Smith...
...parallel between today's Texas and the huge industrial development that began on the Pacific Coast a decade ago was apparent to Griffith and Elson, who are from the Pacific Northwest. Said Griffith: "No matter how much you think you are prepared for the Texas story by what you have heard and read, you are astonished by what you see. In a week in Texas, we heard not one real doubt of the future, no talk of recession. Businessman after businessman used the phrase free enterprise without putting quotes around it with their eyes. Texans are spending money...
...note read in part: "I have not been able to (and don't think I will) get the top secret FBI report which I described to Michael on Soviet . . . intelligence archives . . . When I saw the report I breezed through it rapidly, remember very little. It was about 115 pages in length; summarized first Soviet 'intelligence' activities, including Martens, Lore, Poyntz, Altschuler, Silvermaster...
Spring Is Here. McNeil spoke up again. "When I am working hard ... I think it not unreasonable to ask my wife to provide me with a hot meal," said McNeil, "but I have been known to urge my wife to leave the making of the Sunday lunch to me ... I make a very excellent Sunday lunch." U.S. Delegate Eleanor Roosevelt threw a sharper spear: "Who does the housework in the Soviet Union? Is it always done by the men, or are all the services performed through some communal arrangement...
...party in power, the Liberals had been able to fix the election date to suit themselves. Early last week, back from a 6,000-mile political swing through Western Canada, Louis St. Laurent had called his cabinet into session. "Well, gentlemen," he said, "I think we should have an early election. Does everyone agree?" Everyone did. The cabinet settled on the earliest possible date: June 27. In the House of Commons that night, Louis St. Laurent made his early election call, announced the dissolution of Parliament for week...