Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When I was told that she was Marlene Dietrich, my interest increased considerably and when she came over quite close to where I was sitting to speak to her daughter I could not help reflecting that it was consistant with my luck to come upon her in a scene in which she was not wearing jodhpurs...
...DOWN WITH IMPERIALISM!" An expectant hush settled over the high marble hall of the Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires last week and Franklin Roosevelt had just opened his mouth to speak, when down from the topmost gallery snarled these insulting words. Instant and tactful cheers from the audience drowned out their echo. Dr. Saavedra Lamas, Argentine Foreign Minister, craned his neck to catch sight of the offender...
...easily ended. There was not a single U. S.-born wife among the career men on his staff. Beset by thoughts of tattling tongues and divided loyalties, he complained to his good friend President Roosevelt that his staff dinners resembled League of Nations functions, that he could not speak his mind in comfort...
Instantly the Speaker touches a button, adjourns the Commons session before Mr. Churchill can speak. He snaps a bitterly sarcastic complaint at the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire. Sir John Davidson, who snarls back: "It is remarkable how much you as a private member seem to know about the wishes of the King...
...There are many Russian officers in the Loyalist Air Force. Others are commanding tank companies or artillery units and some even leading infantry columns. I saw several of these Russian officers at the front in University City. They speak no Spanish, but give their orders in French to a Spanish officer who interprets...