Word: wondere
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Negro is so detestable as to be undeserving of the common title Mr., Mrs. or Miss, the courtesy accorded all other races, I wonder if W. C. Poynter and other Southern gentlemen of his ilk can without a blush of shame, stand in the presence of their wives and daughters and explain to the world just why, in so far as physical appearance is concerned, the color line is so rapidly vanishing. Surely even Poynter himself must know that if the stranger in certain sections of the South relies solely on color he is decidedly unable in many instances...
...Roumanian outfit. Now she's probably representative of a lot of that bunch down there. Good fellows who like a little war once in a while, not a big war with a bunch of American cruisers, but a little war with knives and pawn shop pistols! No wonder they get sore at having to tell their family secrets to the marines...
...tiptoed out softly, so as not to wake us, and we began to wonder what he would have done if we had said, "No." Presently we found out, as he came back an asked us again. And we said we weren't. Beside being the truth, this was a bad guess, because he believed...
...Avast!" the cop in wonder cried...
...didactic style of writing has gone; people are no longer content to read a full column editorial and then wonder what it is all about. The reading public today wants brevity, variety and versatility, and they want facts...