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...Wink & Nod. Senator Hiram Johnson of California, the Great Isolationist, had been doing practically nothing for a fortnight but probing for such a commitment. He was specifically interested in a possible agreement between the U. S. and Britain already bound by the 1936 Naval Treaty and two of the "democracies" which Franklin Roosevelt has intimated may eventually have to take the totalitarian powers over their knees. In response to direct questioning, Admiral Leahy had denied point-blank the existence of such an agreement. So had Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Affairs Committee. So had Secretary of State Hull...
...Arthur Krock to the effect that he was "expertly informed that, should it at any time serve the interests of the two great democracies, their Navies would automatically complement each other in the Pacific." Added Columnist Krock: "This is the kind of understanding that is hardly more than a wink or a nod, the sort of thing not Mr. Johnson or anyone else can extract from men's inner minds by means of a resolution...
...actual fighter, that of the prosecution that though he had gone once to France since joining the Leftists, he returned voluntarily to rejoin their army. For two days the trial continued, then came the verdict: death. Scarcely was it delivered than the Attorney-Marques tipped his client a prodigious wink. A reprieve, already signed and sealed, was on its way over from General Franco's headquarters in the Bishop of Salamanca's palace...
...alive, Walker limped across the U. S. border with 34 survivors, surrendered to U. S. authorities. On trial in San Francisco for violation of the neutrality laws, Walker lied that he had intended no harm, won a prompt acquittal from a jury reflecting the public's readiness to wink at his kind...
...captivate a girleen," Byron continued in a raptured voice, "one must be really clever. He would do best, perhaps, to follow my few primitive rules. As a "locus operandi" take, for instance, the Charles: an excellent feeding ground. The first trick should be the undulation of the hand, the wink of the old eye, and a broad smile. If you walk the whole length of the bank and repeat these motions without any recognition, immediately change to the "information" method; approach a lass and ask her the whereabouts of Hunt Hall or the Union. That failing, borrow your roommate...