Word: forgets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Francis thought he would have no chance against Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, but he entered, and played so well that he finished in a tie with those two great Englishmen. ... I will never forget the playoff...
Wolf's thefts began in 1919 shortly after he had opened an account with a broker. The year before he had withdrawn $5,000 from savings and asked a broker to buy him 100 shares of some good stock outright, something he could put away and forget about. The broker, spying a sucker, described a margin account, told how he could control 500 shares of the same security with the same money. Wolf saw the larger possibilities and took the broker's advice. Shortly afterward the stock went down; he was called for more margin. Bewildered...
...field troops. No military man, Lieut.-Colonel Murray was ably assisted by Major Abe Herskowitz. About 200 youngsters in khaki made up their military force. Major Herskowitz, in a final "fight talk" at their armory, told them: "Now, boys, you're going on a bivouac. Don't forget to keep your rifles clean." At the Oklahoma City field Lieut.-Colonel Murray picked out an old barn as his headquarters and assigned Major Herskowitz one of its stalls as an office. Then he went outside, climbed the crownblock of an oil well, began to rap out orders...
...himself. A horrible moment. As well as I knew the Emperor I had never seen him so happy and full of life as that morning. . . . The Emperor's breakdown was so terrible that even today I am unable to find words to describe it. But I shall never forget either the heroic behavior in the ensuing weeks of the bereaved mother who thought only of how to restore the Emperor to himself and constantly begged me to do everything to help him forget his pain...
France did not forget. Even before the statesmen in London had packed their portfolios, the French Foreign Office sent a message to Geneva. Officially it was an answer to the League's request for information and suggestions to facilitate the approaching conference. Actually it was a statement and a warning to the rest of the world, setting forth very clearly France's position on disarmament. The French seemed to have Messrs. Hoover and Stimson much in mind. To make sure that there would be no misunderstanding of their position in English-speaking countries the English text...