English Lesson By W. L. Gordon
An old lesson explains correct usage of agree with versus agree to and gives examples. It notes pronunciation tips for farcical and highlights common misspellings.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1965
Page
10
An old lesson explains correct usage of agree with versus agree to and gives examples. It notes pronunciation tips for farcical and highlights common misspellings.
The text discusses word endings and synonyms for conquer and defeat. It introduces the term prejudicial meaning tending to injure or damage, with an example about departure harming business affairs.
Hollywood AP Wayne Newton recalls his first show at age 10 for a labor union in Rowe noke Virginia where he earned 10 dollars sharing with his brother. Now 23 he projects earnings this year at about 750000 with additional November and December gains. He honed his craft in Las Vegas lounges facing hecklers and dice noises while building a career with two corporations and plans a third. Jackie Gleason discovered him in Phoenix and featured him on his television show 12 times.
Earl L Douglass argues about wealth disparity between India and North America, praising India’s riches while noting poverty and hunger. He cites crowded population, religious dietary rules, and surplus animals affecting food, contrasting with open lands, free government, and law enforcement protecting the rich from the poor. He warns that prosperity in the Americas sits on a powder keg.
King Olav V will leave the royal yacht Norge at home for a state visit to Ethiopia in January. The palace says he will fly on a regular Scandinavian Airlines flight with an unscheduled stop in Addis Ababa.
Sen Maurine Neuberger of Oregon resigns from reelection bid citing the heavy burden of campaign money. She says she wants freedom from fundraising obligations and to spend her final year in office vigorously without pleasing donors. She plans to work with her husband Dr. Philip Solomon on mental illness prevention.
Do You Know Alexander Hamilton is considered the father of the Coast Guard founded in 1790 to guard the coast against smugglers. Ten cutter type boats cost $1,000 each. Uniform regulations began in 1830. Masters wore cocked hats, blue coats, knee breeches and boots with rank buttons. Sailors wore pigtails and tarred queys, blue jackets, bell bottom trousers, and hats. Revenue Cutters existed before the regular navy until 1798 and were reorganized in 1799 after the navy.
The fragment notes a link between the Coast Guard and the Navy during the Civil War era, referencing Fort Sam, the steam cutter Harriet Lane, and the first shot of the war. It mentions speeding drivers and 16,408 deaths last year, but lacks clear names or dates beyond 1861 and 1915.
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