Word: sures
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Later this week the Attlee program would be debated for two days in the House of Commons. The Tories, who had made so much political hay lately, were sure to make a lot more...
...with pruning shears, billhooks and mattocks, against the undergrowth. "No one who came to Badminton, whatever their rank or position, was exempt," says her latest biographer. "Queen Mary . . . worked with a will herself, lopping off branches, all the time keeping an eye on the rest of the party, making sure that no on-flagged...
...down in swarms from France and Switzerland. In Venice, St. Mark's square looked as though all of Harvard had been transferred there for the summer term, and if you got lost in the incredible tangle of streets and canals in other parts of the city, it was a sure bot you could spot a seersucker jacket and follow it back to familiar ground...
...handiwork. "The Jolson Story," to which the present effort is a lame sequel, made very good business for the box offices when it came out two years ago; a movie about the "mammy" singer of the twenties, with Al Jolson's voice on the sound track, was almost a sure thing from the start. But there were a few of Jolson's top numbers that couldn't be fitted in. When the film turned out to be a hit, the moviemakers couldn't resist the temptation to have Jolson sing again...
...There is no sure cure for rheumatic fever. The standard prescription is rest, sunlight and a wholesome diet...