Word: opened
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Your article on Greece and the American Mission over here is really blunt and to the point...Many Americans (including the politicos) have the idea that wherever America sends aid and money, we are greeted with open arms. I have heard many Greek people express the opinion that the country would be better off if the Americans took their dollars and left Greece to its slow and inefficient way... These people are not Communist sympathizers, by any means...
...Door Was Open. The sheriff explained later: "The trouble was a report had got around that the Negro had killed me. The men were pretty riled up and when they didn't find me at home, they thought maybe I was dead...
While he was gone, two men walked into the sheriff's house. They had no trouble. The keys to the jail were on a cabinet in the living room, where the sheriff had left them, and the front door was open-"if I lock it the lock sticks," explained the sheriff. The men calmly picked up the keys and went upstairs to the cell. "Come on, Picky Pie, let's go," one said. Without a protest, Picky Pie walked out with them. Mrs. Hatcher, asleep downstairs, heard no commotion...
...struggle to decide the economic shape of Europe is building up. One of the open ing skirmishes was fought last week when eight leading representatives of OEEC (Organization for European Economic Cooperation) met in Paris. The engagement was screened by a fog of long technical words and its result was inconclusive. When the meeting ended, however, the advantage lay with Britain's Sir Stafford Cripps. He had skillfully checked a drive by ECA and some continental nations to reduce currency exchange barriers between European nations...
...much mail is pouring in from eager baldheads abroad that van Rooijen's wife has started a stamp collection. The barber already has seven girls helping him in the shop at Een. Later this month he plans to branch out; his son will open a ten-chair shop in Amsterdam...