Word: saws
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sold. In Santa Monica, Calif., Raymond E. Flora explained why he had tried to 'commit suicide: "... I saw a billboard. Fine funeral for $60. Why miss a bargain like that...
...only interview Eisenhower would grant before publication date. It was to be off the record and was to last 15 minutes. When he was ushered into the general's office on the Columbia University campus, Gissen shook hands and said: "Well, general, the last time I saw you we were both covered with mud." Eisenhower wanted to know where that was and when. Gissen recalled a scene in France in November, 1944 when he and other officers of the 26th Division assembled for mess in the village of Benestroff. "It was wretched," said Gissen, "everything and everybody was covered...
...July 1947, Tom met Jane Clinton-Baker, daughter of Lady Rosa Agnes Clinton-Baker. On Aug. 20, Tom gave Liana further food for thought. "A month ago," he wrote in a letter, "I met another girl with whom I fell in love the moment I saw her." The Maid of Athens promptly flew to England. Tom met her. "How nice to see you, Liana," he said. Liana did not feel that cozy about it. She threatened to kill herself, she threatened to shoot him, and she finally wound up in a nursing home. Meanwhile, Tom Ridgeway married Jane Clinton-Baker...
Last week India's little Communist Party saw a chance to move its country toward the frustration and chaos the Reds have helped to create in much of postwar Asia. The Indian government acted faster than the Reds and thwarted them-for the present...
...Commuters had a slight edge on speed, but Lowell's smooth teamwork was the deciding factor in the see-saw contest. The game was a series of up-and-down breaks with Lowell staving off a desperate Dudley charge at the final whistle...