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That was enough for the posse. Despite a boarder's insistence that he and his wife had slept in the loft for weeks, Mary Squires, Mother Wells and all the household were carted off to jail. "The Bawd of Enfield" was branded on the thumb and let go, but Mary Squires was tried for her ten-shilling theft (of the stays) at the Old Bailey before Sir Crisp Gascoyne, Lord Mayor of London...
...simple rule of thumb to find the use value, Mr. Biddle would lease plants to business for three to five years. After that, they would be sold - with the selling price based on the profits actually made by the plants in peacetime business. To make sure that the Government got its money's worth in jobs during the rental period, Biddle suggested (as Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser did six weeks ago - TIME, March 19) that the lessee guarantee to keep a minimum number of people employed, on penalty of letting the plant go back to the Government...
...Three rule of thumb: when Russian negotiators sit hour after hour, staring glumly at their navels, things are going badly. When they look their opponents in the eye, and smile, things are going well...
Gypsy's demonstration was a success. With two good fingers and a thumb, she played Liszt, Chopin, Ravel. To mollify Town Hall officials (who swallowed the accordion but balked at her accustomed gypsy spangles), she appeared in a demure marquisette dress...
...pitch in and fly for the postwar trade. While no man knew how (or when) the argument would be settled, U.S. airmen did know one thing for sure: once again, in a vital matter touching on U.S. foreign policy and trade, the U.S. had been caught sucking its thumb and trying to decide what...