Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many London merchants sold their gems not at the pegged pound rate, but for cheaper pounds in the free money market in Tangier, thereby losing Britain many dollars. But the dealers had little choice. If they had sold their gems at the official rate, Dutch and Belgian dealers would have...
"Ashamed by All This." Ingrid and Rossellini made it plain that they would be married as soon as she gets a divorce from her husband. "Unfortunately," explained Ingrid, "there have been some difficulties; otherwise I would already be Roberto's wife." Added the director: "Ingrid explained things quite clearly...
Cianfarra's dispatch discreetly ducked the obvious question: Did Ingrid look as if she were an expectant mother in her sixth month? For a colleague, the Timesman had an answer: not at all. That at least threw some doubt on Louella's arithmetic.
The dialogue is a lot less convincing, though sometimes a lot more fun. Bits of it hew more or less to lines out of the Bible ("If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have answered my riddle"). But most of it is Biblical ersatz with an...
Manners for White Women. Finally, on Pavuvu, part of the division was marked for rotation. Hints on good manners were printed (anonymously) for those going home after two years in the South Seas: "Say 'Please pass the butter.' You DO NOT say, 'Throw down the grease ...'...