Word: flints
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bennett fought hardest to protect the empire from unionism, yet when he lost he was the first to advise Old Henry to sign up. In his long role as guardian, squat, flint-hard, bow-tied Mr. Bennett (he never wore a four-in-hand for fear someone would use it to choke him) was shot at, beaten up and stoned (see cut). He took all this as part of his watchdog job, relaxed by painting in oils, never questioned anything which Mr. Ford wanted done. He saw no reason to question. Said he: "I believe in the things that...
...GORDON FLINT Los Angeles tj Simple. The bazooka-like blast blows over his shoulder...
France's Charles de Gaulle felt it, though he and Franklin Roosevelt supposedly reacted on each other like flint and steel. Head bowed, the General signed his name in the register of bereavement at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Pope Pius XII felt it. He was at his desk in the Vatican when word came. Britain's King George felt it. He and Queen Elizabeth, remembering a past picnic at Hyde Park, had been looking forward to a visit soon from Franklin Roosevelt and to putting him up at Buckingham Palace. Now their Court Circular, for the first...
...have a niece 14 years old who lives in Flint, Mich. Her name is Joyce and she studies piano. For seven years she has practiced three to four hours a day with Interlochen Summer Camp as a guiding influence. This summer she may realize her goal. . . . I have belonged to a union, paid dues and held office. However, I fail to find justification in this most recent attack of Czar Petrillo. . . . My niece has earned and saved most of her tuition fee. Must it go to a union? . . . Why not leave the children alone and fight real issues...
...General. Some Canadian forces were finally sent to Sicily and Italy, where they distinguished themselves at Catania and Ortona. Meanwhile McNaughton had not endeared himself to the British by his struggle to keep his Canadians intact as an Army. And, being as tough as flint, whenever he encountered steely Montgomery, sparks flew. (McNaughton's Canadians called Montgomery "God Almonty...