Word: ll
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prison official asked the Jewish prisoners if they had any final requests. Yes, they wanted a rabbi to be with them in their last minutes. Said the officer: "You'll have to do without; we can't get one for you." Dov Gruner then asked if he might sing Hatikvah ("The Hope"), the Zionist anthem. The four men's voices rolled the mournful words of Zion...
...Englishman counseled the long (if partisan) view: "It isn't just you, old boy," he explained, "and it isn't the Good Neighbor policy. This is a sellers' market. . . . There is no sentiment involved. They'll buy wherever it suits them best in terms of price and delivery. If all things were equal, as they must be again some day, they'll buy where they can sell the most of their goods. That, of course, means Britain...
...participating in both the lion-hunting by day and the human drama of the night. The end of the picture is disappointing, but the climax is past, so it doesn't make much difference. Except for one or two incongruous touches in the portrayal of Macomber's cowardice, you'll like "The Macomber Affair...
Late yesterday afternoon Coach Adolph Samborski still had not decided on his starting pitcher. "I want to talk to the boys before the game tomorrow," Samborski said, "and I'll-start the one who's best in the warmups. It'll either be Jack Wallace, Brendon Reilly or Ira Godin...
News of the switch never reached eight stalwart firefighters, who showed up at City Hall Saturday morning complete, with uniforms and instruments, and fumed at the crimson-coated replacements. "We'll let them fill our boots at the next Harvard fire, too," flamed a disgruntled chief. "They can take their Sousa and souse...