Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...administration's move, the report continues, was "an arbitrary compromise under the pressure of the general increased College operating expenses...
...interesting to note that the seven Roman Catholics in the class shared these general ideas. They knew no more about their religion than the rest, in spite of the popular myth that 'at least the Catholics know what they believe...
Died. George Lyndon Carpenter, 75, retired international General of the Salvation Army (1939-46); after an operation; in Sydney, Australia. He joined the Army at 19, rose through the ranks, served autocratic General Bramwell Booth as Literary Secretary for twelve years, until Booth demoted him in 1927 for being too candid in his advice. He became a Territorial Commissioner in 1933, succeeded Bramwell's famed sister, Evangeline, as General six years later...
...scary lover, but he had a wonderfully gentle way with children. To hear him in church, intoning the responses in a pious voice, was enough to convince you that he was a sanctimonious prig-until you saw him gay & dashing in a nightclub. The trusted confidant of his general, Desmond was one of the most promising officers in the army. When he asked her to marry him, in a clumsy, boyish way, Harriet's heart was touched; she gladly accepted...
Wifely curiosity soon got the better of Harriet. One night, she opened Desmond's briefcase and found a manuscript signed with his name. "With reference to Bureaux Instruction," she read, "... I appreciate the vital . . . importance to Soviet security of acquiring the details of Anglo-American general strategy without delay. ... I have taken steps to ensure [my wife's] ignorance and, in view of her youth and political illiteracy, it is impossible for her to entertain the smallest suspicions. . . . [But] I suggest that the method of communicating by blank postcard should be discontinued...