Word: tells
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...paused while some nodded in agreement, then continued: "Presumably to help him gain this understanding, every day millions of words pour out of our presses and loudspeakers to tell him about the day's news and controversies...
Striding into Tunis' ornate Constituent Assembly Hall to commemorate Tunisian Independence Day-the deadline for his threatened decision to lead Tunisia into neutralism or Nasserism unless the U.S. and Britain took his part against France-Bourguiba briskly reversed his field, declared, "We tell our Arab and Oriental brothers: We have chosen the West, and we will stay with the West. We must choose cooperation with the West to shut the gates of hell." For the first time since the bombing of Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef, Bourguiba even had a few good words for France: "I have always been in favor...
Holiday Freedom. Only 24 hours after the confidence vote, the Independents were at Gaillard's throat again. "Tell us exactly what you have agreed to on Tunisia, or we will withdraw our ministers," they demanded. Independent Leader Antoine Pinay came flying back to Paris from a meeting of the European Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg to quell his cohorts. But the trump card was played by Gaillard himself. Said he: "If any part of my majority leaves my side, I will resign...
...first of the month stood at $2,539,000,000, best since 1955. In the world's money markets, the pound's worth rose from a low of $2.78 to $2.81. Last week the bank's bowler-hatted runners fanned out again from Threadneedle Street to tell lesser banks and exchanges that its rate was cut. The new rate...
...their last shows together, Dody twitched and squirmed more nervously than ever, bridled when Paar asked her to tell a story she insisted wasn't very funny (It wasn't.) Paar displayed tightly controlled correctness when Dody announced that she was leaving "on vacation." As he signed off for the week, he smiled: "Have a good vacation, Dody. Good night, Dody." Said Dody next day: "I think he wanted to appear that we were very friendly." But off the air Jack said that he felt miserable about the whole thing. Added he: "My mistake...