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...each scrap of paper that might offer a clue to the Murchison's strength or strategy was burned lest it fall into enemy hands. So zealous were Murchison solicitors that even after the final voting began at the Alleghany annual meeting in Baltimore, they were searching ashtrays for torn-up Kirby ballots that might give a lead to a disaffected shareholder whom they might convert. Says John Murchison: "We had a lot of friends working out of loyalty; their people were working for money...
Your story on Adolf Eichmann refers to Reinhardt Heydrich suffering a severed spine in the attack on him near Lidice. It was as Heydrich rode through Prague that a hand grenade was thrown into his open car and exploded behind him. His spleen was torn to pieces. In spite of almost immediate surgical intervention, he died several days later. I had to perform the autopsy and found the spine intact. As the whole incident occurred in Prague, the destruction of Lidice cannot be linked with the death of Heydrich in the way described in your statement...
...Moscoso, the result was a peaceful ride up the hill to his new job. And for Betancourt, it was another indication that he may at last be getting his faction-torn country under democratic control...
...made for the crowd at a lope, flashing a 100-watt smile. Ignoring the language barrier, he made an impromptu speech saying that Diem was the "Churchill of the decade," who would "fight Communism in the streets and alleys, and when his hands are torn he will fight it with his feet...
...that's certain about Dudley House's future is that the present facilities at 16 Dunster St. will be torn down within three years to make way for the rest of the new Medical Center. Four possibilities are being considered. Dudley might take over Lehman Hall when the Bursar's office moves into the top floors of the Health Center Building. Or Dudley House might move into Claverly; this suggestion, reportedly favored by Master Leighton, would seem to hinge on the construction of the tenth House to accommodate extra residential students...