Word: showdowns
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...grandson chide her daughter: "Mummy, why do you drive alone? You know perfectly well that Don Carlito does not want you to." Said Dolores' mother: "Since when, may I ask, has it been a tutor's business to give orders to his employer?" There was a family showdown that night. Dolores said that she would marry Ossorio. Don. Juan, head of the Spanish Bourbons and last court in family matters, was consulted. His verdict: absolutely impossible. Said Dolores: "I don't care. It is my last chance of happiness...
Congress does not write a foreign policy. But the temper of the nation's 531 lawmakers has a persuasive effect on the Administration. A grim Congress was almost fatalistically ready last week for an international showdown...
...huge issue, FRB had increased the amount of money available for loans to its member banks. If the banks took advantage of this, commercial loans, in the end, might rise even more. In short, before FRB could make its sensible anti-inflationary policy effective, it had to have a showdown with Snyder...
Intensive preparation for a showdown in 1953 requires, besides the arming of Europe, two other efforts...
...mining engineer, comes along to fill it. After they have lived for three months in sin (but with utter devotion, of course), Milland tells her that his wife is an invalid and is on her way to New York. Lana hits the bottle, can't sleep, demands a showdown with Milland's loving wife (Margaret Phillips) and finds she cannot go through with it. Bravely, the lovers decide that they must part...