Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mimeographed copies, the Senator read the already-famous document over the CBS network: "I like Henry Wallace and I respect him, and he is my personal friend. For these reasons, I personally would vote for his renomination if I were a delegate. ... At the same time, I do not wish to appear in any way as dictating to the convention. Obviously the convention must do the deciding. And it should-and I am sure it will-give great consideration to the pros & cons of its choice...
Speaking for the entire Junior Officers Class, we wish to extend a sincere welcome to the newly entered Midshipman class. We all know and appreciate the feelings which must be running through your confused and befuddled minds. We were in your boots once--we know your worries...
...wish to take the opportunity to prove my gratefulness to my translator of many years, Mrs. Helen Lowe-Porter in Princeton, for her extraordinary achievement she has accomplished with the translation of all my books, from Buddenbrooks [1924] up to the last volume of the Joseph series. I am fully aware of the tremendous difficulties which my not exactly simple way of writing puts in the way of her mediatorial zeal and faithfulness, and I cannot appreciate enough the great credit Mrs. Lowe-Porter has earned with her linguistic reproduction of my work for the English-speaking public. Not always...
...read the article about not having to wipe dishes in TIME, June 19. [Doctors recommend rinsing in 170° water.] I am eleven years old and have to dry dishes. The story didn't work on my mother so I still have to wipe them. I wish you would write something a little more stern...
Step Four. One of the marines kept on talking about coaxing the Jap or Japs out of the cave. Said he somewhat wistfully: "I wish we had somebody that knew enough Japanese to fetch him out." He said this in a low voice so the sergeant couldn't hear him. Another private first class observed that he didn't believe the Emperor himself knew enough Japanese to coax anybody out of that hole...