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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Here are the facts: 1) There were seven pieces of small hand luggage (not 13). 2) I was forced to abandon the personal effects of my wife, three children and myself in Bulgaria with an infinitesimal chance of ever seeing them again or being recompensed by our Government as this takes a special act of Congress. The value of these personal belongings, furniture, etc. is about double what I received as Minister for these two years. 3) My dog was in the baggage compartment, and there were two extra seats not used in the bomb rack for people from Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 2, 1942 | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...Said Britain could better afford to abandon Egypt than Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

...Asked all India to abandon nonviolence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

George, or Georgianna, as the case may be, was accompanied by a letter obviously written in Radcliffe script, in which the renegade mother stated that she had decided to abandon her columba to the CRIMSON as "a candidate to usurp the power of the infamous Ibis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Queer Foundling Left Deserted on Crimson Doorstep | 2/10/1942 | See Source »

Shortly afterwards the University announced that under a new ruling it would soon be possible for members of the R.O.T.C. to abandon their regular College work in order to devote their entire time to intensive training...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENTS ARE MORE CAREFUL THAN IN 1917 | 2/10/1942 | See Source »

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