Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cardinal Pacelli came face to face with the event which was to climax his ecclesiastical career. Pope Pius XI died. From all points of the compass Cardinals rushed to Rome to elect his successor. Cardinal Pacelli personally wired the Italian Line to ask that the Neptunia make an extra fast trip so that the Latin American Cardinals would arrive for the voting. In his haste one Cardinal was compelled to fly from Portugal over the battle lines of the Spanish Civil War. For the first time in history U.S. Cardinals also were present at the conclave to elect a Pope...
...using only youthful U.S. unknowns. It hired world-famed Polish Operatic Tenor Jan Kiepura for leading man, gave the part of the Widow to his wife, Marta Eggerth. Redheaded Hungarian Cinemactress Eggerth, an enticing peach sundae in liberally flounced weeds, gave Lehár fans all they could ask...
...prices are noncompetitive. The town's commonest brand of blended whiskey is something called "Tom Burns," resembling the $1.49-a-quart variety of peacetime. On one side of the street it sells for $6.50 a quart, on the other side for $5. In Alaska the customer does not ask a price; he pays it. If he did ask, he would be told: "Nobody asked you to buy it." An Army officer sold his badly whipped, broken-framed 1936 Oldsmobile to an old sourdough for $750. A few days later the sourdough stopped him on the street and said...
Fatigue and Family. Many seemingly healthy people feel chronically tired with no apparent cause. Ask such patients: "Have any of your relatives suffered from mental disease, and particularly spells of depression?" If the answer...
...instance, a client who has been climbing out of debt steadily may tele phone Purdy & Rouse, to ask whether he can buy a living-room suite, or a suit of clothes. The firm looks over his affairs and his needs, tells him yes or no. For the service, C.A.C. charges a small fee (averaging about $4 monthly), staves off garnishments and judgments, does the worrying...