Word: immed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fairly robust music, as well as precise diction. The Glee Club met both these tests. They were best in "Gaudeamus," a college medley in a very clever arrangement by William Russell; Harvard Hymn, Glorious Appollo, Bacchanal, and Marching to Pretoria were also well suited to outdoor singing. "Magdelein im Walde," a Czech folk song, was the only muggy spot on the program, and it got the loudest response from the birds. After the concert, a large part of the audience joined the Glee Club in gusty renditions of football songs...
...invest in a likely stock, experts from the Department of State and the Export-Import Bank wrangled over a proposed Argentine loan last week. State recommended a credit of $125 million, so that Argentina could fund her commercial debts and begin buying badly needed U.S. farm machinery. The Ex-Im negotiators, not entirely convinced that Argentina could handle and pay back a loan of that size, argued that $65 million would be enough to restore Argentine credit. For the moment no decision was reached; the dickering continued. But it was a good bet that before Argentine Treasury Minister Ramon Cereijo...
...tattered cloth shopping bags. The loudspeaker squawked again: "Paul Fehr. F-e-h-r." No one moved. A man's trembling voice spoke from the rear: "1st . . . nicht . . . mitgekommen [didn't come along]." As more names were read off, nearly half were "nicht mitgekommen" or "noch im Lager [still in camp...
...trouble and lending his kind, mild counsel to anyone who needed it. "A woman 'ud call about 'er rent," Griffiths recalls. "She 'adn't any money, see? 'Pull up ter th' fire, mother,' the Major 'ud say (they still call 'im Major down Limehouse way). 'Make a pot of tea, Griff, and get a piece of cake. Now you stop crying, mother, and we'll soon get things settled.' " Such is Limehouse's loyalty to Clement Attlee that even today the patrons of the Castle pub along...