Word: wayes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enhanced by all of the blarney which the majority of the jury so easily sensed. Federal Prosecutor Tom Murphy, who draws a small salary for hard work well done, had it over Stryker "like a tent." His summation was a gem of logical courtroom oratory. By the way ... if Tom had needed help in his argument, he could have called on his brother (none other than "Fireman" Murphy, ex-Yankee pitcher) to quench Stryker's pyrotechnic palaver...
Sometimes he would bicycle to some Oxfordshire village to talk philosophy with bakers, blacksmiths and shopkeepers. He pedaled his way to grimy Black Country potteries to speak on political science. Night after night, he tramped through muddy lanes to lecture under the auspices of Britain's Workers Education Association, which he himself had helped to found...
Bloody Focus. Anglo-Iranian, which runs its affairs in the old-fashioned capitalist way (for all that the government owns 52.55% of its stock), stands out like a healthy thumb of prosperity amid Britain's near-bankruptcy. The company has, in fact, never ceased to prosper since the day in 1909 when it acquired the rich Persian oil concession that William Knox D'Arcy, a wandering Englishman, had bagged for a mere...
...should inflict as much wear & tear on the soles of our shoes as we do on the seats of our pants." To help sales, Luckman thought that business should cut prices where possible, take inventory losses where necessary. Costs would have to be shaved, of course, and the way to do that, he said, was to boost output. There must be "a willingness to expand...
...hand and was ready to begin shooting next month. With 20th Century-Fox willing to talk the matter over, Small was threatening Grippo with a court injunction and loudly protesting that he had thought of the movie first. Grippo, who also claimed to have a script on the way, said: "I'm of Italian extraction, same as he [Valentino] was, and I've been a fan of his for years...