Word: cards
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...biggest drawing card is an easy-going but sincere honesty. He deals with you straight-forwardly and expects the honor returned. And he has been winning friends without apparent effort ever since he came East...
...Nick the Greek, the legendary gambler who once lost $240,000 in a card game and then calmly got into a discussion on art with Billy, who is also something of an amateur in the field...
...White House during the war years is one of the bright features of a very readable book. Hopkins came for dinner one evening, and was invited to stay for the night. He lived in Lincoln's old study for the next 3½ years. His desk was a card table, his bedroom was his office. In a sloppy dressing gown, Hopkins would traipse through the White House corridors to consult Roosevelt or Churchill. Usually he was miserably ill (cancer, ulcers, numerous complications), but at a word from F.D.R. he was on his way. He usually knew the President...
...want, you can decide for yourself where your money will go. Eight charities are listed on the solicitation card, including the World Stud net Service Fund, the American Cancer Society, the Red Cross, and the Greater Boston Community Fund. You can also specify at least one dollar for Christmas seals and receive yours prepaid. If, however, none of the listed Charities appeal to you, you may chose whatever you want so long as it is non-denominational...
...skaters face an even tougher schedule. An unusually high total of eight games is listed before the Christmas vacation, starting with BU Wednesday, December 1, and running through engagements with MIT, Brown, BU, and McGill. More than one of the traditional "breather" games has been erased from the card...