Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...World War I, and had lost a son in the R.A.F. in World War II. But his journey would not take him through his second homeland. "To our great sorrow," explained Mrs. Weizmann, "the attitude of Great Britain has prevented us from going to London . . . We don't wish to come to England on sufferance...
...desire to be alone." After lunch, youngsters lie flat on the floor while a master reads. In the afternoon comes the active life. Says Hahn, quoting Swiss Theologian Karl Barth: "The world needs men, and it would be sad if it were just the Christians who did not wish...
...assured that the Belgians wish ardently that their King should resume his place on the throne...
...Mexican audience in Los Angeles he cried: "I wish I could say that you Mexican-Americans have been rewarded for everything you have contributed to California. But it is a shame upon your country that you have not. This ... is one of the many disgraces which has made necessary a new political party...
...tried Hum-Muds-the college's special ginger cakes. Then he ad-libbed nostalgically of the days when he was a boy and milked cows, split wood, cleaned oil lamps. Things were different now: "this great country has only started on its career . . . Oh," cried the President, "I wish I were 18 . . . I wish I had the same opportunities that you have...