Word: points
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...motion carried, the telegram was dispatched. The 24 hours elapsed, and not only did Delegate Suritz say nothing, but Foreign Commissar Molotov, in a short and pointed message, refused to discuss the matter. The Soviet Union's position, as outlined three weeks ago, was that the Kremlin was really at peace with the "Finnish Democratic Republic," a puppet government organized and recognized only by Russia. And at this point there came a brave ring of courage from this rump League of Nations, now composed of only 42 nations as against the 60-odd that once belonged. Bold speeches were...
...Highest point in the high jinks was a Gone With the Wind costume ball night before the premiere, attended by 6,000 celebrants, movie stars and executives galore, Governors of five former Confederate States...
Racked though they were with Scarlett fever, the U. S. cinemillions on one point were constant-the people's choice to play Rhett Butler was Clark Gable...
Meantime there was interminable dissatisfaction with the script. Hours were wasted while it was written on the set. Fleming confessed to a friend in the cast that at one point he thought of driving his car off a cliff he was passing, and finally went to bed for a week while M.G.M. Director Sam Wood (Good-Eye, Mr. Chips') carried...
...have tried to provide you with a popular angle, but there is obviously a point beyond which the scientists will not go. We have provided caution signals where we believe extreme care should be taken...