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...collected the written resignations of all Korea's mayors and police chiefs before the elections, and told them their resignations would be accepted unless "they secured victory for Rhee and Lee Ki Poong." But he credited the national police director with the plan for "stuffing ballot boxes beforehand with 40% Liberal votes." Then he burst into tears as he told his interrogators: "I never thought the world would change so quickly...
...gypsy getup, with a fake topaz ring and a black velvet hood for her crystal ball, she looks the part, and a wily young Italian named Guido helps her play it. A kind of surrogate son, Guido cases clubs and fairs beforehand, and supplies her with the knowledgeable tidbits that later pass for revelations...
Dann, refusing to yield the floor: "No, but I wish some of the directors were [loud laughter]. Oh, I wish I had an isolation booth for you. I'd ask some $64,000 questions, and you wouldn't get the answers beforehand, either...
...First, the [Moslem] rebel organization, which maintains that it will cease fire only if I negotiate with it beforehand, by special prerogative, on the political destiny of Algeria . . . That I will...
...that have also been named by the FTC: Life cigarettes, Rolaids, Carter's Little "Liver" Pills. What miffed Reeves most was that until two months ago, the FTC had usually tipped him and the advertiser that a complaint was coming, given them a chance to argue their case beforehand or to clean up the controversial ad and thus kill the complaint. This time, said Reeves, the FTC simply issued complaints...