Word: brooked
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...Goodby, darling," trilled Lord Beaver-brook's Daily Express. "We're going to miss you," echoed the Daily Mail. But Lord Shrewsbury, Premier Earl of England and the father of four daughters (one out last year, one coming out in the last batch of debs for this year, and two now doomed to stay "in" forever), admitted: "Candidly, it will be a financial boon." The only truly crestfallen mourners were the battalion of aristocratic British gentlewomen in reduced circumstances who for years have eked out their meager pensions by sponsoring (for fees running as high...
...lawyer for one hour for contempt of court, the judge ran afoul of a TV film cameraman in the corridor from his chambers to the courtroom, shoved the camera aside and bullied the cameraman into surrendering his film. Next, he sent word from the courtroom that he would brook no picture taking in the corridor. When he emerged, photographers from the Miami Herald and station WTVJ began shooting. The judge ordered bailiffs to lock them in his chambers, then telephoned their bosses...
Smithsonian scientists also revealed yesterday that the first photograph of the rocket was made Wednesday by an observatory in New Brook, Alberta, Canada. A copy of the picture has been requested by astronomers here, but had not yet been received last night...
...fronts of half-demolished houses. On only 48 hours' notice, tenants are often forced to vacate condemned buildings and find new premises to live or work in. Istanbul's face lifting is costing perhaps $1,000,000 a day, and Premier Menderes is in no mood to brook delays...
...have for us all a ringing appeal. And we have a serene confidence that all mankind, when allowed the choice, will claim these invaluable rights. Just yesterday, for example, we observed the Hungarians confirm our faith in the insatiable appetite of all people for freedom-an urge that will brook impossible odds for its satisfaction, proving to the entire world that life without freedom becomes unbearable ... In many parts of this planet men of every color and background are awakening to the immeasurable worth of a free way of life. They are coming to know that through education and enterprise...