Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fearsom' whoops o' the hairy-legged hi'landers and the proud switchin's o' their kilts bode fair to make this a noble screening o' that mirk rebellion o' 1745. But e'en were there ha' sae much blather as the remains of the movie showed, 'twould be wee wonder that the Scotsmen couldna win the war. A man mocht e'en think they wer'nae beaten at Culloden wi' clouds o' Redcoat shot 'n shell, but hae merely talked themselves to death...
...governor also had a few harsh words about doctors' high fees: "I wonder how many Edisons, Einsteins, Lincolns and Pasteurs lie buried in unmarked graves because they were too poor to call a doctor. Doctors, this is your burden and your responsibility . . . The pauper who needs you today was yesterday one of the taxpayers who helped build and maintain our great [University of Oklahoma] School of Medicine, where the doctors of today and tomorrow receive their education. You will be a long time paying this debt...
Some commercial shows have, so far, baffled the network's biggest brains. How, they wonder, can culture be slipped even edgewise into such programs as Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life and the Red Skelton Show...
...wonder if Conant is aware of the situation," Sapers queried, but added that the Council shouldn't argue with the President. The motion passed 15 votes to one with one abstention. When asked what Conant would do with the report, Chase N. Peterson '52 said he hoped the President would take it to the Corporation...
...worked, and worked a double wonder: in a few weeks, the county medical society broke precedent by allowing precedent-making Dr. Starke to practice in the hospital. (Today he is still the only Negro with this privilege, caring for patients in one-third of the beds: 14 white doctors handle the rest.) In 1950, the Florida Medical Association elected George Starke as its first Negro member...