Word: seales
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Franco grew cagey in his dealings with Germany. At Hendaye, France, in the fall of 1940, he talked with Hitler for nine hours in the Führer's private car, "each entranced talker explaining himself in heedless stretches, recognizing no interruption or answer." Hitler thought he had sealed a pact; Feis shows that Franco had come to "seal a vacuum." A few days later Hitler told Mussolini that "rather than have the conversation over again, he would prefer to have three or four teeth pulled out." Franco soon decided that Spain should stay...
...True to all that is finest in Harvard's long tradition of hospitality, these gates stood wide open all winter. But for the past few weeks, late-comers moving to and from the Yard have found their passage mysteriously but effectively blocked by the sturdy chains and locks which seal the portals firmly shut...
...There was a new tourist attraction at San Francisco's famed Seal Rocks. One of the sea lions had a white toilet seat (horseshoe type) firmly stuck around his neck, apparently could...
...Words or Less . . ." Typical "cancer month" commercial, on Manhattan's WQXR: "Would you like to win a $9,300 house ... a $2,000 Alaska seal fur coat, a ... piano, an ... automobile? . . . Listen to the details of the New York City Cancer Committee's amazing radio jackpot contest! All you have to do is to complete in 25 words or less the statement 'I give to conquer cancer because . . .' and send it in with a contribution of at least 25?." Chief designer of the new technique in cancer fund-raising is Campaign Chairman Elmer H. Bobst...
...struggle to get his lawyer's education. Since 1932, he has fought in Congress for a Communist program. Now, in the civil war, he has his chance to put it over. To do so, he is prepared to turn the rebellion into a class war. "The people must seal their social gains with blood," he cried last week. "I will not compromise or throw away anything for which I have fought for 25 years...