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These plans were presented and accepted by the Planning Board in last month's hearing, and the property owners withdrew their complaint...
...done. As Amherst withdrew from Peking, the snub was subtly underscored. In the streets he passed a beggar, who rose up deferentially. Amherst's mandarin escort instantly commanded the beggar to sit down again-"the British ambassador," dolefully observed his secretary, "not being now considered deserving respect even from the lowest class of society...
These are sad days for the American comedy. Within the last few years Milton Berle became Mr. Television, Charlie Chaplin withdrew "Monsieur Verdoux" from circulation, W. C. Fields died and now the Marx brothers have been cast in a backstage musical...
...Another Hollywoodsman with a yen for politics, Edward Arnold, portentous statesman of the movies and radio, who a fortnight ago filed for Senator on the Republican side, last week reconsidered and withdrew...
...consul in Paris never directly denied the poet a visa. State Department officials contradicted themselves thin winter, however, in explaining why Emmanuel never received his visa. Secretary Dean Acheson said that the poet withdrew his application before it was acted...