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...dwindling French forces could not afford. "A few more victories like this." boasted British Commodore Sir Sidney Smith to Nelson, "will annihilate the French army.'' It was never annihilated, but a year and a half after Napoleon returned to France, the French negotiated a truce and then withdrew...
Earlier this year, the phony student petitioned the University to have his name changed on the records, but, when told that court action would be necessary for such a change, withdrew his request...
...original Donnelly Field Project was defeated by the Council last June. On Feb. 28 the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency withdrew the $20 million federal grant for redevelopment...
...make its debut. Levin made up his mind that it would be one more case of jungle rot. "Don't tell me, let me guess," Levin wrote sarcastically in the Express, speculating in advance on just how bad the play was going to be. Infuriated. Producer Emile Littler withdrew his first-night invitation, but Levin cadged a ticket from a friend and got in anyhow. "Well," he wrote later, "I did see it-and it's absurd." Littler answered the gate-crashing critique with a law suit accusing Levin of trespassing...
...Harvard Club of Dallas Taxas yesterday withdrew its objections to a debate between the Harvard Debate Council and Bishop College, a small Negro school in Dallas...