Word: aprill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Macomber Affair. Hemingway's savage version of the war of the sexes, with Robert Preston, Joan Bennett, Gregory Peck (TIME, April...
Congressmen were behind in their work. Nevertheless, on the floor of the House they spent most of last week moping through an old argument over the OIC bill for the spread of U.S. culture and ideals (TIME, April 14). On the floor, Senators spent their time in tedious debate over the Bulwinkle-Reed bill, which would exempt railroads from antitrust regulations. That is, the Senators who were there did. Attendance was seldom above 15; one day, the only audience Alabama's John Sparkman had was Maine's tired old Wallace White...
Madrid is an accurate index to the expansive mood of Spain's rich & mighty who follow the traditional social season-Seville in April, Madrid in May and June, San Sebastian in July and August (then back to the Madrid black market for the drab winter months). Now they jam the Palace and Chicote bars, their ranks reinforced by distinguished foreign refugees such as the Petacci family of Mussolini's late mistress, Clara...
...April, most Britons were stunned to learn that their Government's new budget included a 50% increase in the duty...
...April-showers, and May-flower time brought a fresh harvest of Crimson victories. On the cinders, coach Mikkola's lads began scourging the Ivy League with prewar vitality. While his assistant Ed Flanagan worked with the weightmen, Mikkola waved the magic wand over javelin throwers and polevaulters. The Crimson disposed of Yale, swept the Nonagonals, and then went on to roll up 24 points in the 44-college IC4A championships at Philadelphia for a third-place tie with Penn State. Harvard track had rebounded from its wartime pygmy status with a vengeance...