Word: yes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Yes," the Senator said. "Hoover suggested the same thing some time ago. He suggested that we ought to start ... a campaign to save food and eat less. ..." Only then did Bob Taft seem to realize that he had been thrown a cue. He began qualifying: "I know there are a lot of people who can only just get enough, but there are many who could take that advice and save a lot of money...
Council chairman: Yes. I'm a Communist, about 40% of the miners are Communists, seven out of eleven of the council members are Communists...
...Have the Conservatives no policy? They have; a very bad one. Their industrial charter [a pamphlet outlining party policy] accepts a considerable degree of socialization. Have I hope? Yes, some Elijah or Elisha will arise and the structure of this Empire will be reconstituted, its resources will be developed and its prosperity will be expanded...
...Church's fight with world Communism. "The time for reflection and planning is past," the Pontiff said. "The opposing fronts in the religious and moral fields are becoming ever more clearly defined. The time of test is here. Are you ready?" Beneath him the crowd roared a thunderous "Yes...
...Manhattan night court was enough to jerk a tear from any baseball fan's eye. Of the 18 bleary Bowery bums charged with loitering "while apparently intoxicated," one gave the name of Marquard. The judge had tenderly inquired: "Aren't you the famous 'Rube?'" Yes, the prisoner croaked, he was "Ol' Rube," who won 19 straight games for the Giants back in 1912. The record had never been broken, but "Rube" was broke. "The magistrate," said an A.P. dispatch, "took a $5 bill from his billfold, handed it to Marquard, shook hands with him, wished...