Word: tomming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...exploiting credulity, prejudice and ignorance without all of the stage props which old Gene needed. Once in office he snapped no red galluses. He was as subdued as a Talmadge could be. He steered an endless stream of visitors in & out of his crowded office with an efficiency that Tom Dewey could admire, greeting visitors with a fast-fading smile...
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...
...faith in the British, so sadly shaken a few months ago, had been restored. "I may never marry," said the Maid of Athens, "but if I do, he will probably be an Englishman." She has received thousands of proposals from Tom Ridgeway's countrymen...
...other events tonight Ulen has named Bob Berke and Ted Norris to enter the 220-yard freestyle; Chuck Hoelzer, Tom Woods, and Captain Jerry German in the medley relay; John Steinhardt and Tom Woods in the 150-yard backstroke; Norris and Paul Tibias, in the quarter-mile; and Win Briggs and Gordon Weir in the dive...