They Knew What They Wanted
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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1995
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© The Oxford Companion to American Literature 1995, originally published by Oxford University Press 1995. (Hide copyright information)
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They Knew What They Wanted, play by
Sidney Howard, produced in 1924 and published in 1925, when it won a Pulitzer Prize.
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Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 2/11/2009; 413 words
; Author and editor Edgar Watson Howe, who died in 1937, said, "A man is usually bald four or five years before he knows it." That's true, but this deal revolves...
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Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 4/1/2009; 415 words
; Author and editor Edgar Watson Howe, who died in 1937, said, "A fool will not only pay for a cure that does him no good, but will write a testimonial that he...
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QUOTE UNQUOTE
Newspaper article from: The Press; 6/14/2003; 700+ words
; ...Williams. "If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old." -- Edgar Watson Howe. --------------------
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QUOTE, UNQUOTE
Newspaper article from: The Press; 7/26/2003; 580 words
; ...comfortable travel, describing her greatest ambition. "A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice." -- Edgar Watson Howe, American editor and author. "When she screams that is when I sing to her. First she tries to scream even louder...
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The Almanac.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 11/11/2003; 700+ words
; ...African to the United States to face 27-year-old bomb-possession and murder charges. A thought for the day: Edgar Watson Howe wrote, "What people say behind your back is your standing in the community." By United Press International Copyright...
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McClaren and Venables: even the team behind the team isn't working THE NICK TOWNSEND COLUMN
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 10/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; 'A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice," the American author Edgar Watson Howe once opined. As Steve McClaren disappeared into the depths of the Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, that Colgate-smile mask replaced...
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Wrap your brain around these examples of 'function box'
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 7/9/2004; 617 words
; ...trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it." (Edgar Watson Howe) "An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips." (Proverbs 24:26) "There is a wonderful mythical law of nature...
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THE ALMANAC
News Wire article from: United Press International; 11/9/2002; 587 words
; ...will allow the agency to streamline and speed up its procedures for approving new drugs. A thought for the day: Edgar Watson Howe wrote, What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. By United Press International SUBJECT...
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GETAWAY THURSDAY
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 6/24/2004; ; 522 words
; ...before show time or by calling MetroTix at (314) 534-1111. * * * Thought for the Day: "If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it." -- Edgar Watson Howe
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The Almanac -- weekly.
News Wire article from: UPI Energy Resources; 11/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...infrastructure projects, including new airports, subways, low-income housing and rail systems. A thought for the day: Edgar Watson Howe wrote, What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. Today is Tuesday, Nov. 10, the 314th...
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Edgar Watson Howe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Edgar Watson Howe Edgar Watson Howe (1853-1937), American author and editor, wrote realistic regional and romantic novels and coined widely circulated aphorisms. Edgar Howe was born on May 3, 1853, in Wabash County, Ind. He acquired much...
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The 1930s: The Arts: Deaths
Book article from: American Decades
...Oscar for screenplay of Gone With the Wind and 1924 Pulitzer Prize for They Knew What They Wanted, 23 August 1939. Edgar Watson Howe, 84, author of early realist novel Story of a Country Town, 3 October 1937. Kin Hubbard (Frank McKinney...
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