Word: clues
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Submarines did not account for the secrecy of the train trip; newsmen wondered if they had a clue in a request to Congress that the White House police be raised from...
...does not lessen the length of your ears; it only conceals it." When his affair with Schoolmistress Alice Moore created a national scandal, he coined and widely promoted an epigram on gossips: "When in doubt, mind your own business." Biographer Balch takes 320 pages to seek (vainly) for the clue to Elbert Hubbard's contradictory character. The shrewdest characterization is that of the Scottish comedian, Sir Harry Lauder...
Comparative scores give little clue to the first result, but the Crimson will probably have to take at least four out of the first five matches to win a team victory. Fergeson, Stillman, and Harding are the top men on a well-balanced Eli squad...
...wanted to read, to an old pal back home named Harry. Soon Fred got into the tall corn. One night he signed off with: "Well, Harry old man . . . give my regards to the folks back home in Ottumwa and Waterloo." At this CBS's ears pricked-a clue. Then, around Thanksgiving time, Fred said "punkin." That settled it. He was a real American. Every Monday night thereafter, at 8:30 EST, Fred would pop up on the German short wave with a new "Dear Harry" letter...