Word: thoughtful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Food for Thought. Liana had three months, in which she did not hear from him, to think about Tom Ridgeway. Then she sailed for England. Before Tom had gone to Greece he had been engaged to an English girl. Now Tom explained to Liana that he had not yet had the courage to break off his engagement with his English fiancee. However, Tom took Liana to meet his father, a retired clergyman, and his mother. They took Liana's part and gave Torn the courage to explain the situation to the other girl. The engagement of Tom and Liana...
...July 1947, Tom met Jane Clinton-Baker, daughter of Lady Rosa Agnes Clinton-Baker. On Aug. 20, Tom gave Liana further food for thought. "A month ago," he wrote in a letter, "I met another girl with whom I fell in love the moment I saw her." The Maid of Athens promptly flew to England. Tom met her. "How nice to see you, Liana," he said. Liana did not feel that cozy about it. She threatened to kill herself, she threatened to shoot him, and she finally wound up in a nursing home. Meanwhile, Tom Ridgeway married Jane Clinton-Baker...
...patience, tact and unflagging good humor of Ralph Bunche, Negro social scientist (A.B., University of California at Los Angeles; Ph.D., Harvard) who had taken over the role of martyred Count Folke Bernadotte. Several times during the seven weeks of negotiations, agreement had seemed hopeless. Each time Dr. Bunche had thought of something to keep the talks alive. By last week, the negotiators on both sides had come to regard him as a new colossus of Rhodes...
With prospects of a settlement dimmer than ever, other big unions talked of joining the printers' protest. Their common complaint: Peronista union bosses refused to negotiate for the raises which rank & filers thought they needed to meet the rising cost of living...
...anybody," insisted Jesse Jones, explaining his desertion to the Republicans during the November election. "I just thought we needed a change. Always takes a new set of rascals a while longer to learn the combination to the safe...