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...Most smarties know very few women. It is not smart to know women undergraduates, and it is unheard of to have a girlfriend, except in London. The very smartest, of course, know no women...
...lure the middle-class money into "buying bonds (and thus prove his case), Tucker designed an issue with advantages unheard of in the U.S. The bonds were made wholly taxexempt, given an absolute government guarantee. They could be used at face value in paying taxes, and were acceptable (at 90% of face value) as collateral for Central Reserve Bank loans...
Following the politicians, Chamber of Commerce officials thanked unheard of committees and unheard of committee heads for "splendid efforts;" the crowd applauded politely, and dwindled. People perked up, though, when Burl Ives appeared to banjo "The Blue Tail Fly," and they joined in the "cracked corn" chorus. Then the dinner chairman arose and introduced a bagpipe band. Cranced necks and scampering children greeted it with curiosity; but when it played "Auld Lang Syne" only a few voices followed the chairman's plea for song. Instead, most people started moving away...
...Ambassador Alan G. Kirk was summoned to the Kremlin, heard Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky personally charge the U.S. with "an unheard-of violation of the elementary rules of international law." On the day of the Privateer's flight, a "four-engined military plane of the B-29 type" (the Privateer is actually a single-tailed Navy version of the old B-24 Liberator) had flown 13 miles across the Soviet coastline near the Latvian harbor of Liepaja, said Vishinsky. Soviet fighters had swept up in challenge and ordered the U.S. plane to land at a Russian airport. Instead...
Byline-Bagger. The Telegraph got off to a fast start 95 years ago by charging twopence when rival dailies were selling for fivepence. Soon after, it halved its price, became London's first penny daily; in 1888 its circulation soared to an unheard...