Word: wish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Friends of the five who wish to send messages to them should telegraph such despatches to station KDKA, this city, care of either P. A. Boyd or F. N. McCausland...
...wish to have Albums mailed should notify J. W. McPherson at 16 Massachusetts Hall...
...Majesty King George is everybody's King ! And the first words all those listening throughout the Empire would wish me to say are those of thanksgiving to Almighty God for the King's recovery. His patience and courage drew the sympathy of all nations and proved a new bond of human brotherhood. Never has loyalty of his people been more affectionately centred on the Throne than it is at this moment...
...There is excellent historical precedent for the "rump" designation. In 1648, when the English Parliament was about to move for the execution of Charles I, the only way to get a majority for such a proceeding was to expel many a moderate member who did not wish for the King's death. After this expulsion, commonly known as Pride's Purge, the portion of Parliament remaining was the original "rump" meeting ?i. e., a portion of the original whole...
...critical illness of their son, Howard. . . . He shot himself because we refused him permission to marry until he was 21. ... The shooting took place in our home and our son was taken to a hospital in the Rue Puccini. . . . Our son is now in an extremely grave condition. We wish to emphasize that we had no objection to the girl, but only opposed the marriage because...