Word: wanna
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twenty-four hours later, there was no doubt that MacPhail was out, though not, as he had first declared, "just because I wanna be." The question was settled at the Yankees' beery victory celebration at the Biltmore Hotel. MacPhail blustered in late, demanded a private room for his own party, began to celebrate with a tirade against teetotaling Dodger President Branch Rickey, whom Larry does not like. When one of MacPhail's friends defended Rickey, MacPhail punched him in the eye. His outbursts against his own partners made Topping so angry that guests had to break...
...didn't wanna do it. I didn't wanna do it!" screams Al. "I was swindled into it by this tremendous ego of mine. I'm like a chile, I tell yah! 'Al,' I said, 'Al, old fella, they wantcha again. They finally seen the light.' Oh Lawdy, I got 'em good. And I just couldn't resist rubbing their noses...
Last week, fingers snapping, eyes flashing behind her glasses, Chippie shouted through the applause: "What you wanna hear now?" From the bar at the rear a man's deep voice rose clearly above the noise: "Just sing, Chippie, just sing." So Chippie just sang: Steady Roll, Trouble in Mind, Baby Won't You Please Come Home...
...spring, a faint note of optimism crept in; somebody mentioned that old Hughie Casey had concocted a new and very secret pitch. "Gonna win twenty games, he says." But it was just a breath and it died on the next remark: "What ya been smokin', bud, mario-wanna...
Kanin's heroine makes rapid strides toward a whisking acquaintance with basic politics and basic poise. From first-act faux pas (greeting a dowager: "wanna wash yer hands or anything, dearie?") through the rigors of American history and sixth-grade spelling, the Education of Billie Dawn proceeds apace. The instructor is out of the ordinary: a New Republic man, he helps her to discover her social conscience and moral scruples in one fell swoop. Perhaps, she concludes, mistressing is out of date...