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...cryptic note at the bottom of a page says, "It's a long trip, but they could have moved Bennington to the Belgian Congo and we'd still go--you're dating a woman of the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Little Green Book Tells Girl-Chasers Where to Run for Weekend of Fun | 11/4/1947 | See Source »

...house. Told that the Mufti was in his garden, the Premier snorted unbelievingly: "Stuff and nonsense." But there he was. Lebanon tightened up security measures accordingly, turned back Jewish travelers at the frontier. The Mufti was back in the limelight of gestures and intrigue. He sent a cryptic message to Jerusalem Arabs: "I hope to be seeing you soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Be Seeing You? | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

Johnny's expense accounts, which Hughes had always demanded and the committee had seized, were spread as evidence. After one dinner for Elliott, Johnny had meticulously jotted down the item of $200 as "presents for four girls." There was another cryptic notation of $50 for "girls at hotel (late)." From the summer of 1943 to the autumn of 1945, Meyer figured, he had spent the whopping sum of $5,083.79 on fun & games for Elliott Roosevelt and his friends. In December 1944, Elliott married Faye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Pay Dirt | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

...Cryptic comments from behind a battery of crossed legs and typewriters came from Miss Sally Leavitt, Radcliffe '49, and Miss Maureen Collins, of Emmanuel College in Boston. Chirped Miss Leavitt, "My father's a Dartmouth man and I guess I'm spoiled," while Miss Collins thought "beautiful men, and I've seen some around, are extremely interesting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Students Pack Up Troubles | 8/8/1947 | See Source »

...some solid domestic naturalism and an excellently staged Coast Guardsmen's dance. Best of all, he has eloquently suited the pale visual tone of the film to the pale air, sea and sand of the locale and to the story's mood of blindness, ambiquity and cryptic strain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 2, 1947 | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

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