Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...State Marshal Henri Philippe Petain was uncertain. Many Frenchmen were sure that he would be in Paris to meet the victorious Allies, if the Nazis did not kidnap him. But, a fortnight before, Petain had told diplomats still in Vichy: "Should it become known that I have left ... I wish to make it clear that I will not leave of my own volition...
Said Olmstead, "I wish I knew...
...Johnson, among his other writings translated Shakespeare's works into English." Or, "The modern student does not wish to go to war; he wishes this maddening dispute could be settled by peaceful coercion...
...Those apples aren't ripe. A lot of my men have chronic stomachaches. I wish their mothers had taught them better...
...other boys from here who were with him. He reported that Donogan is now in SK school in Idaho; Pickle is at Q.M. School at Great Lakes; Gordon is attending Yeoman School at Great Lakes; and Jim himself is attending Yeoman School down in Bainbridge. We all wish Jim the best of luck...