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...minor problem for the British high command when war broke out was what to do about the self-exiled Edward VIII, who still retained a raft of honorary military titles. It was decided that he should be made a simple major general and attached to General Gort's B. E. F. staff to do "liaison work...
...last summer, observed, in her apprehensive English: "I walk through the streets and I do not see children and I do not miss them. I ask myself, why is this? And then I realize that the men have children's faces." A woman with a raft of friends, Diseuse Oswald got for her debut the sponsorship of such child-faced U. S. men as Malcolm Cowley, John Erskine, Langston Hughes...
...raft of new laws and regulations. Still undecided by FCC are the rules that will govern FM transmission, the licensing of stations, power, coverage and engineering...
...moved from "Green Hell" to "The House Across the Bay," but she still can't do much more than present a very pleasant appearance and some rather poor acting. This latest production of husband Walter Wanger finds her pining away for George "The Mug With a Good Heart" Raft, whom the FBI has sent away for an Alcatraz vacation. Love is present in the form of a quadrangle, but Joan stays loyal to her George; he shows his appreciation by letting himself be shot. Lloyd Nolan, menacing as every, tries to worm his way into Miss Bennett's heart...
...When we got to Boston, a raft of cops were trailing us, and finally they stopped the car. Somebody said to me, 'You better get the hell out of heah,' so I jumped out into the next car. They took me on up to Harvard, that is, I thought it was Harvard, so I went ahead...