Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nuns were instructed to explain the pamphlet to their pupils. Other copies were distributed through the Catholic War Veterans, Knights of Columbus, Holy Name and Rosary societies. Parish priests were briefed. In all, the church expected to distribute close to 250,000 copies. But most Jersey political observers thought that, even with the church's help, Wene would have to make more gains before he could cry "bingo" and walk off with the governorship as his prize...
Tories, who thought their chances would have been good in an early election, were impatient at the delay. But, said Churchill confidently, "we can certainly afford to wait...
...epicure nor a literary giant, but she too has had her say about the British diet. It was Dr. Summerskill who, as Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Ministry of Food, helped introduce whale meat and snoek to British markets as substitutes for juicy roast beef and mutton saddles. "I thought," she had the grace to admit then, "that I would be politically finished," but her British constituents managed to forgive...
Most Sincere. Three years ago Laureano put up moderate Mariano Ospina Perez for president. Ospina won because of a Liberal split. Many thought Laureano might have the good sense to put up another moderate this year. But the fires of April 9 burned too brightly in his memory. Liberals, moreover, heaped on fresh fuel. United behind middle-of-the-road Dario Echandia, and fed to the teeth by unsuppressed rural political violence (392 deaths in September according to the Liberals), they used their congressional majority to advance the election date six months to Nov. 27 in expectation of a quick...
...international smart set's Lady Mendl, eightyish, tempted the palates of Vogue readers with her own recipes for some dishes that mother never even thought of making, e.g., Kidneys Ali-Bab ("brown one pound of veal kidneys . . . set aflame with a glass of brandy...