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...with the crack intelligence agency M15 during World War II and who later (1946-58) commanded Scotland Yard's elite Special Branch, which is responsible for security of the royal family; in London. As England's premier sleuth in the 1940s, Burt collared Traitors William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") and John Amery and Atomic Spies Alan Nunn May and Klaus Fuchs. Quiet and affable, Burt had an uncanny knack for extracting incriminating information from suspects. In his memoirs, he wrote of the typical quarry: "In many cases, he is only too eager to talk. Nine times...
...things weren't supposed to be this easy for the Crimson. A rush of recent mishaps, put Pew out with a knee injury, has kept DenHartog out of games with back problems, haw left Black. Mullen and Clifton bothered with leg injuries, and caused Crimson Coach Catole Kleinfelder to call several J.V. players up to the varsity ranks...
Once upon a time there was probably no cotton-pickin' way to get Sammy Davis Jr., 56, onto the set of a television show like the yahoo repertory Hee Haw. But that was before the onetime freedom marcher ("I was there in Selma") was paid a backstage call by Roy Clark, 49, during a stint in Las Vegas. Next thing he knew Sammy was onstage in Nashville, with Minnie Pearl, 69. Says Davis: "I really felt welcome. We're all family." He even brought along his own wardrobe: six huge diamond rings, two diamond-and-gold bracelets...
...Wodehouse and made no charges against him. But, as Sproat states, while by a jury one must be proven guilty, by the public one must often be proven innocent. Sentiment raged against Wodehouse following the war. The British people were still stinging with the memory of the notorious "Lord Haw-Haw" who during the war had terrified civilians over the airwaves...
...McGuire will tell you 10 or 20 times a game is the "Player of the Century." Unfortunately for Cavalier Coach Terry Holland, the loss of Jeff Lamp and Lee Raker ro graduation means that opposing teams will be able to put a lot more pressure on Sampson. No matter haw good he really is, the big guy won't be able to do wonders when he is triple-teamed around the basket...