Word: sawing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Months went by. Nobody saw August Simolke. But finally last autumn, one of his sons-in-law read that the body of a man was lying unclaimed at the city morgue. He investigated. He hurried back, brought Jennie and others of the family. They identified the body instantly. There were two unmistakable red dots on his face, and the second finger of his left hand was twisted as it had always been...
...days later Acheson appeared before U.S. Senators. Even though he gave a clear impression that there would be no change in U.S. policy, Le Monde of Paris saw fit to comment in general: ". . . The symptoms of a new situation are appearing...
...such easy refuge awaits Frau K. She was conspicuous among those I saw; she carried no rucksack, she was well dressed, and her eyes bulged with fear edging on hysteria. She had traveled all day from a village north of Berlin where her husband is a physician. Dr. K., a Stalingrad prisoner, was released a year ago and soon resumed his old practice. The local MVD eyed his success and set their price. He was summoned and instructed to use his office as an intelligence center, to submit reports on all his patients, some of whom were suspected of being...
Shrewd Evita Peron knew a good chance when she saw one. The letter on her desk, addressed to Agustin Americo Merlo of Argentina's Washington embassy staff, was a routine solicitation from the capital's Children's Society, Inc. for a contribution for needy Washington children. Smart Señior Merlo had got the society's O.K. to send the request to Buenos Aires for Evita to peruse...
...fast buck on movie scripts lately (Church of the Good Thief, Ladies Day), Considine has no intention of deserting Hearst for Hollywood. Says he: "Last year I spent time in Palm Springs, Paris and Mexico City. I covered the Kentucky Derby and talked to the Pope. I even saw the World Series. It's a pretty good...