Word: willfull
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They were hissed, reviled; when they boarded Washington streetcars other passengers pointedly got off; their offices were searched, their pasts probed. The "willful men" were shunned by the world & his wife.
On April 4, 1917, the Senate met, determined to stay in continuous session until a resolution declaring war on Germany passed. In the 13 long hours that wore by before the resolution was adopted, six Senators-whom Woodrow Wilson had dubbed "a little group of willful men"-vainly fought the...
The King of Egypt is young, flabby, willful. At night, when he cannot sleep, he loves to set off the air-raid alarm, watch his courtiers scurry to the shelter in their night clothes. He eats pounds of chocolates daily. He drives big, sleek, red and green cars-15 Packards...
Whether or not the battle which was in progress last week would be remembered in history above the great battles of Lord Nelson-the Nile (1798), which broke Napoleon's Oriental ambitions, and Trafalgar'(1805), which limited his ambitions in Europe-remained to be seen. Those affairs exposed...
Registrants must henceforth notify their local boards of any important change in their ways of living: a new job, discharge from an old job, a new baby, marriage, divorce, the death of a dependent, a change of address, even a prolonged visit to another locality. A registrant who wants to...