Word: ao
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dangerous precedent," warned Chinese Justice Mei Ju-ao. Even some Japanese were cautious in praise of the decision. "We are keenly alive to the honor of a supreme court of a democracy which does not rest content unless every doubtful point is eliminated," editorialized Tokyo's Asahi Shimbun, "but what concerns us most is the issue of how to safeguard the world against war crimes...
...storm struck the Euzkera. She sank so swiftly that only twelve men & women had time to climb into the one lifeboat that got away. Six days later, the Norwegian motorship Caribe sighted the lone lifeboat off the coast of Nicaragua. She took the survivors aboard, headed for Curaçao...
...side of the mural, and on the right-nearest the window-young people dreaming of the future. In the center I put people who were living in Mexico from 1895 to 1909. I'm there too because I was part of the life, I played in this park ao a boy. That's the first girl I ever loved, pale and blonde-she was an American, 18 years old-standing near the Indian street girl. That street girl was the second love in my life. She's more vivid to me now-our contact was more violent...
Soon everybody was drinking the "intimatist cocktail"-a gin base with an equal dash of curaçao and of an apéritif. Then Sébille rose and spoke. He spoke of his philosophy and the manner in which life should be lived and rosebuds gathered. The intimatists wrapped themselves in bed sheets to resemble Roman togas. From then until well past dawn, intimatism became general...
...Laugh. There were other matters to preoccupy the delegates. Correspondents reported the sudden popularity of the "Champagne Cobbler" (½ jigger syrup, ½ jigger lemon extract, 1 jigger curaçao, 1 jigger cognac, 1 chunk of pineapple, add champagne to taste, serve chilled. Price: $6.60). Even Molotov showed signs of gaiety. One evening, when movies were being shown at the Aero Club, he took special interest in a Russian animated cartoon involving the capers of three big bears. He was observed in convulsions of laughter and clutching his paunch when the biggest bear managed to outwit ths whole menagerie...