Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sentence of defense: "All my actions resulted from orders which I received." He was proud of having designed the gas chambers in which 2,000 persons could be put to death at one time. He was proud of his efficiency. Told of Hermann Göring's remark at Nürnberg that Hoess could not possibly have taken 2,000,000 lives, the exterminator sputtered: "That shows how little he knows about how we worked. Why, I could have done twice as much." Hoess's beady eyes did not flicker as the sentence was read...
...President, says Graham, is in top condition. He relaxes easily, his weight is down to a healthy 172, he feels fine. His invariable remark to Physician Graham: "You know I don't get sick...
...remark that stung Molotov most was Marshall's indirect reference to the fact that Russia (at Potsdam) had agreed to German economic unification, but was now trying to up the price. Said Marshall: "It looks very much to us as though the Soviet Union is trying to sell the same horse twice." Replied Molotov: "We did not approach this problem of reparations from a point of view of merchants, but we do not want other merchants selling our horse at a low price without our consent." (The strong equine note in the discussion reminded observers of an old Russian...
...calls lined up Loretta Young and others for lunch at Romanoff's (front booth). Others alerted the 20th Century-Fox lot. Still others set RKO-Pathe and the homes of Merle Oberon (cocktails) and Sam Goldwyn (dinner) in motion. At dinner, Mrs. Goldwyn's innocent remark, "Why, you're just as comfortable as an old shoe," caused the Colonel to start. Due to a luggage mixup, he was wearing brown shoes with his tuxedo...
...hundreds of athletes who have enjoyed the benefit of associating with Jaakko both on and off the track, like to think of him as the man who greeted them that first day with some unaffected remark like "All right now, you go 15 laps, nice, easy, medium speed today"; or who visited them at Stillman; or who was reported as shouting at one egotistical high school star circling the track on an opening day of practice, "That butterball...