Word: ll
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with Cabinet members and ranking Congressmen. Facing Chief Justice Fred Vinson, George Catlett Marshall took the oath as Secretary of State. Beaming Harry Truman stepped forward to shake his hand, said warmly that he appreciated "very much your willingness to accept this burden." Secretary Marshall replied gravely: "I'll do my best...
...moved into a hotel, Laraine began work on a new picture for RKO. Leo followed her to the set. Between takes, they played gin rummy or held hands. When she was called to the camera, the look between Laraine and Leo stretched like buttered taffy. "I'll be waiting, sweetheart," said Leo, somewhat in the manner of a wife seeing her husband off to jail...
There were a couple of other posers. Britons in general do not like peanuts. And, said a circus man, "Our elephants have never seen a peanut in their lives; British people feed buns to elephants. If we give them rich, oily peanuts, they'll probably get sick...
...Morgan, Stanley, which Bob Young persists in calling the Morgan crowd, although they have no direct connection with the bank, he snorted:'"If they start another fight they ought to have their heads examined. If I can't get along with these fellows this time, I'll make a twentieth-rate bank out of the Morgan bank...
...insides. I know nobody has ever listened to them. But I think they would if such things were done really well and with some showmanship. We're going to concentrate on that. The sponsors will come along when people start to listen. Why, in a year we'll be right back in the black...