Word: intendent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...intend to bomb Rome? The deed, he warned, "would rankle in the memory of every good European as did Rome's destruction by the Goths." Lord Lang of Lambeth (see p. 56), 79-year-old retired Archbishop of Canterbury, seconded the Bishop. Lord Lang was distressed by a tendency to "exult and gloat" over the bombings of Germany. He feared that this attitude would result in "a lamentable lapse" in Britons' outlook...
...husband of Joan Bennett), with only a bit part on the program, got the biggest hand. He put aside his scheduled talk, and attacked the Alliance: "Let's keep the record straight. We, too, find home-grown communism as odious as home-grown fascism. . . . [But we do not] intend to be misled by the familiar Hitler line by which communism is made the bogey . . . to confuse...
...whatever point the next big blow is pointed, the next objective now is Truk. The Navy may intend to occupy nearby islands like Kusaie and Ponape, by-pass Truk. The Pacific Fleet, supported by island-based fighters and bombers, might be able to neutralize Truk. But one way or another Truk, base for the Jap fleet and a base the U.S. could use, must be canceled...
...same day, Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain does not recognize any territorial changes which have taken place in Poland since the war began, does not intend to recognize any unless they are accomplished with the free consent of the parties concerned. In effect, Eden once more underwrote the difficult position of the Polish Government in Exile (TIME...
Extracurricular Activities. "After half a century on this earth (which is all I intend to admit to . . .)," Louella Parsons has accomplished and earned as much as ten ordinary women. Besides her salary from Hearst, an estimated $750-$1,000 a week, she has been in a position to do nicely on the side, with Hearst getting one-third of the take. Radio used to bring her as high as $2,500 a week until the Screen Actors' Guild, thanks to James Cagney, made it impossible for stars to appear on Louella's programs with no reward other than...