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...bright streak disrupting the usually placid constellation Corona. Friend knew that he had spotted a comet, one of the mavericks of the solar system. He also knew what to do about it. Quickly figuring the ascension, declination and magnitude of his find, he rushed the news by time-dated telegram to Harvard University Observatory, the astronomic clearing house for the western hemisphere. The observation was promptly confirmed...
...clock. Göring (to Germany's special envoy Wilhelm Keppler in Vienna, after Schuschnigg had finally resigned): "The following telegram should be sent here by Seyss-Inquart. Take notes: 'The [new] Austrian Government . . . considers it its duty to establish peace and order. . . . For this purpose it asks the German Government to send German troops...
...Ribbentrop, he said next day: "Seyss-Inquart asked us expressly, by phone as well as by telegram, to send troops. . . . The weather is wonderful here. A blue sky. I am sitting on my balcony. . . . The birds are twittering...
Urging a cool-headed analysis of the future defensive needs of the country rather than a hasty ill-considered draft policy, the presidents of 34 colleges and universities, including President Conant, dispatched a lengthy telegram to Chairman May of the House Military Affairs Committee on Tuesday...
...turned up, bought drinks, chased the pickets. Someone called the cops. Reporters and photographers appeared, made pictures, listened to Danny say, "They've got me up against the wall. . . ." The next day almost all Manhattan newspapers blossomed with stories, a few with editorials. Said the New York World Telegram: "A wounded veteran's little business is being ruined by picketing...