Word: return
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With parliamentary governments functioning in both Austria and Germany, it is no longer possible for the occupation forces to return to any sort of direct control. The Nazis are back for a long stay. The best that can be done is to diminish their influence by giving every reasonable encouragement to the democratic regimes...
...room chateau, occasionally visited a bar (drinking only coffee) and gambled modestly at the Cannes casino, 10,000 francs ($30) being his limit for one night. Early this year, the French government sent bluff Leon Pignon, French high commissioner for Indo-China, to persuade His Majesty that he must return to his country as "chief of state...
...Life of Riley (Fri. 9 p.m., NBC). Fall return...
Acid Test. The Birmingham owners treated their Old Etonian employee just like any Tom, Dick or Harry. In return, Henry Yorke was profoundly impressed and fascinated by his working mates ("I loved them"). Like them he was usually covered with acid stains and engineering grime, but he still did not look the part enough to deceive anyone. "I'll bet he is a public-school boy," he once heard a Birmingham woman say sadly. "I wonder what has brought him to this...
...student isn't in, the process-server leaves a card saying, "A messenger from the Lamont Library has been to your quarters for the following titles! *** Kindly return them immediately. There will be a messenger foe of 75 cents added to your term bill...