Word: wish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...initial division of the Senior class into those who desire no assistance, those who wish to interview firms in the field which they have selected, and those who are undecided and wish to consult alumni in different kinds of business, seems to hold promise in its simplicity. An assurance is therein implied that the efforts of the Employment Office will have a new concentration, where they are most needed...
...Hughes. In Manhattan, Charles Evans Hughes demonstrated how a noncandidate's door is shut and locked. Last May Mr. Hughes said: "I do not wish my name to be used in any contingency. I am too old* to run for President, and I would neither seek nor accept the nomination." Last week Mr. Hughes said: "I am not a candidate in any sense. I am keenly disappointed by President Coolidge's decision. ... I stand by the statement I made last...
...myself. . . . Today I got a letter from a woman in England. Even over there I'm known as a gorilla.† She offered to pay my passage to England if I'd kill some neighbors she's been having a quarrel with. . . . "I wish all my friends and enemies a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. That's all they'll get from me this year. I hope I don't spoil anybody's Christmas by not sticking around...
...film is a monstrous lie!" shouted Colonel Rollet. "You know, Soldier Clare, there is justice in the Legion." "Oui, mon Colonel." "I wish I had the man here who made that film!* "But you, Soldier Clare, know that it is a lie. When you return to America, give us a square deal. Tell the truth, that's all I want." "Oui, mon Colonel." "Touchy." At Marseille, Deserter Doty said: "Colonel Rollet is a touchy old egg, but he's been on the level. . . . The Legion is no young ladies' seminary, though I've never been...
Last week it was announced that the vestry would seek the aid of the diocese, go into the civil courts, if necessary, in the effort to have its wish respected. Concurrently Arthur W. Sullivan, senior warden of the church, general manager of the sales department of the Tidewater Oil Co., explained why the Rev. Black was so thoroughly undesired...