Portrait of America: From Reconstruction to the presentHoughton Mifflin, 1978 |
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Page 132
... asked the Pope to intervene , when the President had done nothing of the sort . Even if their intentions were of the best , could they carry them out ? Spain had had three full years to end the war in Cuba and , with vastly superior ...
... asked the Pope to intervene , when the President had done nothing of the sort . Even if their intentions were of the best , could they carry them out ? Spain had had three full years to end the war in Cuba and , with vastly superior ...
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... asked Jim St. Clair . . . to be my first assistant . I said to Jim , ' Pick somebody in the firm who works under you that you would like . ' He chose Fred Fisher and they came down on an after- noon plane . That night , when we had ...
... asked Jim St. Clair . . . to be my first assistant . I said to Jim , ' Pick somebody in the firm who works under you that you would like . ' He chose Fred Fisher and they came down on an after- noon plane . That night , when we had ...
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grinding lenses , I asked Morrie one day to tell me about the work . He grew red . " Whut yuh tryin ' t ' do , nigger , get smart ? " he asked . " Naw ; I ain ' tryin ' t ' git smart , " I said . " Well , don't , if yuh know whut's good ...
grinding lenses , I asked Morrie one day to tell me about the work . He grew red . " Whut yuh tryin ' t ' do , nigger , get smart ? " he asked . " Naw ; I ain ' tryin ' t ' git smart , " I said . " Well , don't , if yuh know whut's good ...
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Thunder in D Alexander Brown | 42 |
the West 5 Day of the Cattleman | 50 |
Gilded Age Bernard A Weisberger | 84 |
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