Word: wailful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mare with the human face, to visit the seven heavens of Islam. (Mohamed's footprint, judged by Mark Twain to be about size 18, is still pointed out to true believers; in the 12th Century it was shown as the footprint of Christ.) Here the muezzin's wail is still heard from the upper air, calling the faithful to prayer (La Illaha Illa-Allah-There...
John Lewis mocked him. Hillman had joined with Lewis in 1936 in the rebel C.I.O. movement. When Hillman suggested later that the schism from A.F.L. might be healed, Lewis thundered: "And now comes the piercing wail and the laments of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers," and fumingly invited Hillman to get out of C.I.O. But in the end it was Lewis...
...moonlight on eagles, that he wants to become a human and marry her. Warned by the Conjur Man that being human isn't easy, and enticed by the wiles of the girl witches, he nonetheless insists on becoming a man "with a soul." "You'll be sorry, witch-boy," wail the girl witches...
...here," complained the Blot in a high plaintive wail...
...Follette-Monroney report strikes hard at the difficulty of placing responsibility for governmental policy. Congressmen loudly wail that the function of policy formulation has slipped through their fingers and has been lost in the intricate maze of the executive department. The reasons for this sapping of legislative authority can be found in the anachronistic organization of Congress itself...