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Long irked because U.S. oilmen pooh-poohed their efforts, Albertans could bask at last in recognition from Tulsa's Oil and Gas Journal: "Probably the most noteworthy development in the Western Hemisphere is the rapid rise in 1948 [oil] output in Canada...
...Grande Bretagne's guests were put under surveillance, employees were questioned, "incoming parcels were screened. Despite his pooh-poohs, Van Fleet was escorted on his way to & from his office by two bodyguards. Finally one of the hotel's house dicks, studying the note, recognized the dripping dagger as the emblem of a gang he had encountered before. In 15 minutes its members were rounded...
Marlene ("Legs") Dietrich pooh-poohed a popular myth: "The average man," she confided, "is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs." But she conceded that beautiful legs "help...
...redeeming features--to be specific, Martyn Green, Sidney Granville, and the D'Oyly Carte Chorus. Known to every loyal Saveyard, oldtimers Green and Granville don't seem to mind the cameras at all; a gag's a gag, and these two know how to use one. Sydney Granville, as Pooh-Bah, looks more like Friar Tuck than Lord High Everything Else, but he plays the part for all its' worth. As for Martyn Green, anyone who has ever seen the man in action knows that the show could rock and he'd still save...
Allen got into the buying of companies in the early depression when large blocks of stock were for sale at bargain prices. He pooh-poohs elaborate research before he buys, prides himself on his hunches, snap judgments and untiring hunt for bargains. As a friend put it: "He's a 24-hour man and born with a feel...