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...written by an R.A.F. colleague of Embry's, and thus has neither the personal touch of autobiography nor the literary touch of a professional "ghost." The other: World War II has already produced so many amazing tales that nothing short of a masterpiece is likely to raise much flutter...
...European operations of Argentina's FAMA airline, then returned to run the Argentine Postal Savings Bank. Named ambassador to the U.S. in 1948, he played a notable part in swinging a $125 million U.S. loan to Argentina. He also caused something of a feminine flutter among Washington's smart...
...present, off-the-course betting is legal only on a credit basis, a system which deliberately favors the well-to-do, discourages the poor from betting. Many licensed bookies are not interested in small accounts; the poor man therefore has his flutter (illegally) with a streetcorner bookie. Said London's Time and Tide: "The distinction was always inder fensible, and short of making all betting illegal-which would be about as effective as prohibition was in America-the commission had no real alternative but to recommend its abolition...
Last month the extreme wings of the party began to flutter dangerously. Both the Frondisti and the Vespisti started maneuvering for more seats in the cabinet. Last week De Gasperi called a meeting of all Christian Democratic Deputies, outlined the government's program for the next few months, and demanded a vote of confidence. After 40 hours of stormy debate, he got it. But in the Chamber of Deputies later in the week, on a relatively minor issue (a Communist-sponsored amendment to a bill calling for a nationwide inventory of critical raw materials), De Gasperi was defeated...
...time clock daunts the coffee-breakers, and no office manager's frown. The office worker who arrives at 9 o'clock runs the risk of being trampled by the 8:30 arrivals who have had time to hang up their coats, fix their faces and conscientiously flutter a few papers. Young stenographers have found that they can squeeze in a few minutes of extra sleep by dashing for the office, dashing right out again for breakfast coffee and a cruller. Said a Boston stenographer: "If I couldn't look forward to some coffee and a cigarette after...