Word: arming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Belgian named Bodart, and in 1927 wrote to a London paper: "Some time after I had been repatriated to Brussels and was busy with my washing, I was told I was wanted at the French Embassy. I went just as I was, with a bundle of washing under my arm. When I arrived I found General Petain surrounded by staff officers. I handed my bundle to a soldier. Then I was taken out on parade, a battalion of French soldiers presented arms and General Petain pinned the Legion of Honor on my breast. It was a proud moment...
Result: His Majesty on four evenings in succession gave his guards the slip. With a red-haired woman on his arm who appeared to be either his red-haired Jewish mistress, Magda Lupescu, or her famed double, King Carol ordered night club employes to "act as if you did not know my identity." Sedate and dominant, Mme Lupescu is not adept at Argentine rhythms. His Majesty, after sitting out one tango, called to a brunette to come and dance with him. He half rose, then was tugged firmly back into his chair by his red-head...
...stadium gates were the Greek skiers. Next came the Australians: two officials and a lone speed skater. First misunderstanding of the Olympic Winter Games promptly followed. To avoid confusion in such matters, Olympic authorities long ago devised a special salute to be used on gala occasions: raising the right arm straight into the air. This salute when made quickly closely resembles the Nazi salute. To most spectators, the, acknowledgment which the athletes gave as they passed Herr Hitler, standing on the balcony of the club house, doubtless appeared to be a return of his own Nazi hand-wag. To avoid...
Last week Mrs. Everett James Goodenough of Covington, Ky. was waiting for Mr. Everett James Goodenough to "come home and talk her arm off." Husband Goodenough was in Fairbanks, Alaska where officers of the First National Bank have been having trouble with their vault. To service their equipment, they summoned Mr. Goodenough, of Covington's Mosler Lock Co. To Chicago, to Manhattan, even to Cuba, Locksmith Goodenough has traveled, has watched jammed doors swing open at the touch of his skilled fingers. While on his way to Fairbanks he stopped off at Helena, Montana, worked on the balky lock...
Most discussed canvas of the lot was Threshing No. 1, showing a straw-hatted farmer hoisting an explosive forkful of wheat from a wagon (see cut). Whether the left arm and the wheat were well or badly painted caused differences of opinion. Critics agreed, though, that the straw hat was a technical masterpiece...