Word: stems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mirror), Charnay once bawled out wizened Editor Emile Gauvreau for printing off-the-record information that Charnay had promised not to use. The boss rang for a guard and Charnay, still protesting, was hauled away. But in losing his job, he won a reputation on the main stem as a man who could keep a secret. Charnay once posed as a murderer's attorney to get an interview in a cell at the Tombs, hid in a French actress' stateroom closet to get an exclusive story on her "life with Mussolini...
...intact has been stated to be "not good enough for the United Kingdom" and presumably is not good enough for the United States either. Without becoming entangled in the legalistic niceties of the veto question, it would seem that Russia's refusal to budge on this point does not stem from some dangerous plan of aggression but rather from her desire to maintain her sovereignty or nationalistic identity for want of a better policy. Similarly, the United States has shown no readiness to submit her control of Pacific bases or the Panama Canal to international control without a veto...
...fans found small solace in the front page editorial, and the message from President Dickey. Even the announcement that the fraternities were being combed for men to stem the Crimson tide brought small hope to the student body...
After Göring's suicide, elaborate theories blossomed. Samples: the poison capsule was hidden in his pipe stem, in a small abdominal incision, in a tooth, in the binding of a book. Dizziest theory of the lot was that Göring faked the gurgling sounds of pain which first attracted the guard to his cell; thereupon the guard summoneJ the doctor, who then administered the poison...
Polished and primped from stem to stern, she sailed from Southampton last week with 2,200 paying passengers aboard (fares: first class, $365 and up; tourist, $165). Number one among the notables: U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov. At Commodore Sir James Bissett's invitation, Molotov took the liner's helm for a few minutes, veered two degrees off course -to the left...