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...fame increased Sarah's expenses faster than her income. She decided to recoup her debts in the U.S. Americans received her with open arms: "Some half-dozen Bernhardts claimed to be her father, one in Philadelphia being particularly insistent." (Mother Julie's carelessness in such matters had left some doubt about Sarah's paternity...
...enter the U.S. concert world by Manhattan's tricky revolving door. Some, like Clarinetist Benny Goodman, Cinemactress Jeanette MacDonald, Radio Singer Lanny Ross, are successful popular artists who cannot resist a yen to compete in the long-hair trade. Some are well-known concert artists who expect to recoup in nationwide tours the money they lose in Manhattan. Some just want the thrill of performing in the nation's biggest musical center...
...next day Rommel began seeing to it that the remainder of the British Army was not allowed to rest and recoup by retiring. In a week he drove the British from Halfàya Pass, from Sidi Barrani, from Matrûh, from Fuka. Only at El Alamein, 70 short miles from Alexandria, were Rommel's men and tanks so exhausted that he had to pause to reform...
...next day Rommel began seeing to it that the remainder of the British Army was not allowed to rest and recoup by retiring. In a week he drove the British from Halfàya Pass, from Sidi Barrani, from Matrûh, from Fuka. Only at El Alamein, 70 short miles from Alexandria, were Rommel's men and tanks so exhausted that he had to pause to reform...
...this sort of thing was just Mutual's tough luck as a latecomer in the broadcasting field. To Mutual it was restraint of trade, made possible by 1) the option system and 2) the fact that NBC, owning both Red and Blue networks, can recoup on the enormously lucrative Red any losses sustained in snapping up business for the Blue. To Mutual, FCC was a friend because it wanted to alter 1) and, by compelling NBC to sell the Blue, do away with 2). To NBC and CBS, FCC was an enemy because it wanted to go a great...