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...Flynn's injury has placed Harlow in a slight hole at the tailback spot, and he has been experimenting with Bill Wilson. Nothing is deflate, and Jack Comerford will probably get the starting nod, but Wilson may move over, and Cleo O'Donnell would thus see a lot more action...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: GARLAND MAY START AT END AGAINST ARMY | 10/22/1942 | See Source »

...consideration of any proposals agreed to by the leaders of the other main parties within the framework of the British Government's declaration of policy." But the Secretary of State for India did not state how a representative wartime national Government could be formed without at least a nod toward the Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: India's Open Door? | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

...That's their specialty and let's see--Why," she said in amazement--"two of them majored in French and one in Spanish." This all sounded quite logical to the Grouser. "You might be interested to know," she continued, "how the girls are selected." On perceiving Grouser's eager nod, she declared that, "some of them are sent us from the general employment office, and some come directly to us. Lately, we have written several colleges describing the type of girl we want, and the position we had to offer. The girls must have had a good B average...

Author: By Harry NEWMAN G. b. and Lawrence WHEELER G.b., S | Title: Business School Girl Graders Deny Claims of Injustice | 10/15/1942 | See Source »

...Nod of Approval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 20, 1942 | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

...Real Ride. The one thing everybody knows about Paul Revere is his ride. But Biographer Forbes can only nod affectionately towards Longfellow's ballad. The Paul Revere who roused the Middlesex village and farms was no hotheaded youth, but a stocky family man of 40. Neither did he gallop in wild anapest down the road to Lexington. The lanterns that were hung in Christ's Church steeple ("one if by land, two if by sea") were not hung for Paul Revere. He had helped put them there. His ride was a cool, businesslike night's work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Early American | 6/29/1942 | See Source »

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