Word: beene
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Never before had Santa Claus worked so hard to give U.S. retailers a merry Christmas. Across the land merchants brought him into their towns, "straight from the North Pole," in sleds, cars and by parachute. By last week, it looked as if Santa had been almost done to death.
The actual Fisher also looked at times like a morose Harold Lloyd, but he is played in the movie by an actor with a rubbery accent, bouncing jowls and a giggle. Most of the real Fisher has been filtered by Hollywood into the Stevens' character: his pugnacious salesmanship and...
NON-FICTION The war, the uneasy peace and the many-directioned search for personal and world repose accounted for most of the year's best-read books. No war books achieved the popularity of Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe or Sherwood's Roosevelt and Hopkins. From Winston...
The Chase. In Iowa, investigation showed why an Anamosa-Clinton branch line freight train had been consistently running late: its crew had taken to stopping in the country to pot rabbits and quail.
Big Moment. In Omaha, Judge Arthur C. Thomsen, pondering a traffic damage suit, told the jury, "A careful driver ought reasonably to anticipate some vehicles making viatic use of the road," then added, "I have been waiting two years to get a case where I could use the word '...