Word: guardedness
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Amid the intrigues of Nazi generals and an assorted collection of actresses, Gestapo agents, hostesses, and underground agents (all thrown in to confuse the plot and slow up the action), Martin, who is important to the Allies for some unknown reason, tries to make his escape from the carefully guarded...
The Germans, who comprise 85% of the P.W. population,* think they are guarded excessively, and the more arrogant among them sneer: "That shows how they fear us." Some 1,300 have escaped from camps, but none "permanently" (for more than a year).
Last week the House, which clearly wants a hand in World War II treaty-making, was quick to respond to this maneuver of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Bald Representative Carl Hinshaw, California Republican, promptly introduced a brace of resolutions under which the Senate could consider treaties only after the House...
Here for a visit we saw Lou Swain's pretty fiancee, but we noticed he guarded her closely from advances by George Trudeau and others. Jack Trumbauer has promised us a treat this weekend when "someone close" will visit him for the big dance.
Anticlimax. The rest of Belle's life was anticlimax. Arrested, she fell in love with the Yankee ensign assigned to guard her. He became the first of her three husbands. In England she was a social success for a time, fell into poverty, had to succor herself by writing...