Word: want
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President Thomas N. McNamara forestalled the attempt of George A. McLaughlin, Plan E's counsel, to make a statement, by saying "in the absence of Dean Landis we don't want to hear from anyone...
...starting today it is going to cost ONE POUND, more or less (consult Bursar's office for current rate of exchange), to change a course. Any course. Now for example, if you want to change from INDIC PHILOLOGY to HISTORY ONE, it is going to cost you a little under ONE SOVEREIGN...
...advised to take their grievances to AAA. Cotton Ed snorted: "These farmers are mad. Why shouldn't they be? ... I have served here under five Presidents preceding this one. I never was refused an audience and I never was asked what my business was before this." "Do you want to be quoted on that?" cautioned his secretary...
This was no bluff, because all who uttered it were convinced they spoke the truth. But last week, with brave Czech crowds still shouting in Prague "We want to fight! Give us arms!." their gallant army obeyed heartbreaking orders from Premier Jan Syrovy and President Eduard Benes, began to withdraw from gigantic fortifications upon which this far-from-rich little country had spent heavily...
...finally reached Eger, "The Sudeten Capital," its throngs were both hoarse and hysterical. It was less than seven months since Austrians had similarly welcomed "our Deliverer," and the Führer seemed much moved as he made what was for him an exceptionally humble speech: "In this hour I want to thank the Almighty for having blessed us in the past, and to pray that He may also bless us in the future. . . . Germany is happy! . . . All are comrades ready to stake their lives for each other. . . . Over this greater German Reich is laid a German shield protecting...