Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When a woman meets a beautiful dress," observed Broadway's Leonora Corbett, "she always has to ask herself two questions: Can I afford it? Is it worth it? This year there's a third: Are they trying to make a fool...
...girl (name unknown) was attending a meeting of students at Prague's Charles University. A Communist organizer asked the students to express their political opinions. The girl rose and defied him: "The time when debates in this country do any good has passed," she snapped. Her fellow students cheered. Then the Communist tried to get the students to make nominations to one of his "action committees." He turned down as "unreliable" several names suggested. The girl rose again. She asked: "If you are going to select the candidates, why ask us to elect someone?" That broke up the meeting...
...Justice: "The enclosed newspaper clipping about the conviction of the Jew Marcus Luftgas to a prison sentence of two and one-half years [for the hoarding of eggs] has been submitted to the Führer. The Führer wishes that Luftgas be sentenced to death. May I ask you urgently to instigate the necessary steps...
...priest reported the latest Communist tactics. Peripatetic comrades in impressive, official-looking dress visit the peasants to ask if the roof is leaking or whether they need new farm equipment. Jotting down the peasants' eager answers, the Communists say: "It's up to you now to get these things. All you have to do is vote...
...Editor Otilio Ulate, whose election had been annulled by Costa Rica's Congress. The rebels' commandeered TACA DC-35 made 19 trips to Guatemala for guns and ammunition. Led by a M.I.T.-trained planter [named] Jose Figueres, the Ulatistas fought so well that the government had to ask for more help...