Word: listfuls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Miss Mulville, who is 13, tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed and somewhat reserved, had our information, she wrote to the Sicilian official who has sworn to get Giuliano dead or alive, asking for a transcript of the seven-page list of crimes the bandit is charged with, and to the Italian Embassy in Washington. At this writing she had not heard from either of them...
Lilienthal could not resist one more barb. He noted with satisfaction that Hickenlooper did not suspect all those who had received emergency clearances. "Since this list included General Eisenhower," Lilienthal remarked acidly, "he will be glad it is not a blanket list...
...there was,a heady catalogue of entertainments in the offing: a huge ball for the twin daughters of Lady Alexandra and Major E. D. ("Fruity") Metcalfe, a rout at the Guards' Boat Club, the Cygnettes Ball and a round of parties encompassing Royal Ascot Week. It was a list to make a shopgirl's head spin. But for a princess it meant mostly that her holiday, such as it was, was over. With sister Elizabeth safely settled in matronhood, Margaret is the most eligible partygoer in Britain; it is her chore to play to the hilt the ingenue...
When the guest list began to press 300, Mr. Banks could see the handwriting on his bankbook. He took his daughter aside, said hoarsely: "I'll give you and Buckley fifteen hundred dollars to elope." She thought he was kidding...
...complete list includes the names of 58 aids and 87 marshals. Aids are all members of the Class...