Word: telling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Finnish public had not yet been told in detail the Russian demands, but nobody had much difficulty in guessing that they exceeded the Finnish idea of independence and neutrality. The political atmosphere indicated that a major national crisis was at hand and that this would probably be the tell-tale week. Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko, in a big patriotic rally, said that a "period of nerve-testing" was at hand. "The time is difficult," Press Chief Urho Toivola admitted. "We feel our freedom and independence are threatened." Early this week 300 Finns gathered outside the Helsinki Hotel at which...
...years' experience in Scandinavia. Handsome, spirited, cultured, fashionably dressed, Mme Kollontay has long been an exquisite hostess whose invitations were eagerly sought. More than anyone else, this talented revolutionary-turned-diplomat, daughter of a Tsarist general and a part Finnish mother, would be able to tell Negotiator Stalin just how solid Scandinavian neutrality was, just when and where the Scandinavian countries might fight to retain...
...more muney. I have 4d. and Colin only has 2d." A small girl: "The lady's little girl is three weeks older than me, but I'm bigger. ... She says I talk funny. I told her I'm a Cockerney. Her uncle is a sailor too. Tell Dad to look for him. His name is Mr. Jones...
...obnoxious sweet music. Lately, however, Tommy's popularity rating has been taking a beating. Evidently he has finally worken up to the fact that one of the biggest factors in his decline has been that the fans felt that all his pieces sounded the same--that they could tell what a new Tommy Dorsey arrangement was going to sound like long before they heard...
...changed in spirit," told his proudest news: that last year 213 of the school's 700-odd boys had scholarships, that the captains of seven Andover teams are working their way through. Said he: "When you alumni come upon a brilliant boy in a small town high school, tell him what we have to offer. We want more candidates for our scholarships. . . . This is a great democratic school...