Word: telle
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Army and Yale have too much power," Mikkola admitted yesterday. He added that with an all out effort, the Crimson might surprise some of the other seven teams entered. "My gosh, I tell you we've just got to go out there and fight," Mikkola said. "If we do, we might take third place...
Moffett testified that when he went to Washington on his mission in 1941, he persuaded F.D.R. to help Aramco in its troubles with Ibn Saud. Moffett introduced a 1941 memo from President Roosevelt to Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones, which said: "Will you tell the British I hope they can take care of the King of Saudi Arabia-this is a little far afield...
...that he was too ill. When Moffett brought out that Jones had sat up most of one night drinking "large quantities of whisky" and playing poker for $4,000 pots, Jones decided to appear. He testified that he had asked F.D.R. to write the memo, so that he could tell Moffett that RFC could not finance Ibn Saud. Nevertheless, Jones admitted that RFC had later advanced $425 million to Great Britain, which in turn gave Ibn Saud $51 million. This deal, Moffett claimed, saved Aramco at least $30 million...
...help tell this somber story, Paramount has used the services of a good British director, Compton Bennett (The Seventh Veil), a charming, able British star, Miss Calvert, and some competent British supporting players. The result is nonetheless a poor counterfeit of the genuine product. My Own True Love lacks the virtues of the best British movies (subtle human detail, glints of gentle humor, authentic backgrounds), but it has the faults of being talky, stodgy and intolerably slow...
...second time in a week, Hal Ulen's varsity swimmers couldn't tell victory from defeat until the last seconds. m Against Army a week ago, the 400-yard relay spelled disaster. Saturday night it meant thrilling victory over Princeton and second place in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League...