Word: yes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tank out in Everett couldn't last forever, and the fireworks factory in Waltham, well, it was only common sense to expect that to blow sky high, and there were those manhole covers in South Boston, always popping off and scaring a lot of honest people. Yes-sir, those were the days when a bang meant trouble...
...Children should not be spanked, declared Yale's Dr. Arnold Gesell, particularly when they are around 2½ years old. Such a child is just learning the difference between "yes" and "no," "come" and "go." When he seems disobedient he is probably only confused. For confused parents, Psychologist Gesell added: "If a child becomes destructive, you can try to beat it out of him . . . The better way is to try to lead him to play situations where these impulses are directed and put to constructive ends . . ." In other words, give him something better...
...Marshall Plan and the Tito rule were being bracketed with a broad grin. A visiting diplomat asked a Yugoslav to tell him-in strictest confidence-how the nation felt about Marshal Tito. "One. hundred percent in favor," came the answer. The visitor's eyebrows shot up. "Oh, yes," explained the Yugoslav. "Just add it up: 95% for Marshall, five for Tito...
...already been shot. Struye (himself a Resistance hero) had personally sent 107 to their death. Said he: "On my soul and conscience, I declare that those 107 deserved supreme punishment." Now he thought it was time to slow down. Spaak, just back from the U.N. in Paris, agreed. "Yes," he declared, "this government is contemplating a policy of mercy...
...Manhattan brownstone. Mrs. Bunce's routine was to open a Bible and poke a needle into it for an omen. One year, probing for Tallulah's future, the needle stuck on the name Jezebel. "Oh, that's terrible," said Estelle. "Jezebel was thrown to the dogs." "Yes," throbbed Tallulah, "but first she rode with kings and princes...