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...received an angry complaint from the Peruvian embassy over the moving of the ambassador's wreaths. The chief of protocol had already donned his white gloves for a trip to the Alameda to correct this outrage when news of the stolen garlands reached him. He sensibly decided to await further developments...
...third morning, the authorities released Clarin with orders to get out of the country forthwith. Said Ewan as he staggered ashore with a wretched cold: "All feeling has left my legs." Hoarsely he told the crowd: "I return to England to await further orders. You will hear more of us. The world government must...
...luscious second wife, Mary Liliane Baels (age 36), whom he married in the grim summer of 1941, is a Fleming. She was once known as &qout;The Shrimp Queen," because her father had made a lot of money in shrimp. In Northern villages, alongside pictures of Leopold inscribed "We await our King's return," there were on display posters of bosomy Mary Liliane in a low-cut evening dress, bending over a banquet table strewn with blossoms. The caption said simply: "Fruits and Flowers...
Whether the Sphinx Club will be able to retain its name and whether it will be able to exist at all as a bona fide Harvard organization must await a decision of the faculty. Associate Dean Robert B. Watson '37 announced yesterday...
...security demand was an attempt to interfere in "managerial policy.") At a union meeting in the church basement, after Mass, the strikers were asked if they wanted to continue the blockade. There was a unanimous "Oui." Then the men piled into waiting trucks, went back to the barricades to await the next assault...