Word: understandable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...peppery Charles W. Tobey, an opponent of the bill, who indignantly reported an encounter he had had with three railroad lobbyists in the Senate dining room. Said Senator Tobey: "I walked to their table, and said 'My compliments to you, gentlemen.' I said, 'I understand you called me a son of a bitch, and consigned me to hell. . . .' I said, 'You are crooked, sirs, from top to bottom. . . .' I walked away...
...Smoky was going to discuss world politics. "No," said Smoky, "I'm just an ordinary American from Iowa who wants to be sociable." Molotov asked about railroads, the girls about Hollywood. It was all very confusing. "It probably was very difficult," said Smoky thoughtfully, "for them to understand the purpose of the call...
...cost Smoky $18.25 (including tax) to be "sociable." Now he plans to call among others Churchill and Madame Chiang. "I would particularly like to talk to Gandhi," he said longingly. "I understand he talks very good American...
...room rather than fight in the street. The men in management who realize that laws do not give power but only recognize it, see that the bill will hurt them almost as much as it will hurt labor. If the President uses his veto, he would do well to understand the predominantly sensible reasons from the point of view of industrial relations, rather than only the political picture of the moment. At any rate, a vote is needed for the second time in one week...
...Franklin Roosevelt called Gruening to the White House, greeted him with a grin, cried (although they had never met) : "Where have you been keeping yourself? I understand you know a lot about Cuba. Tell me what we ought...