Word: behind
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...notable influence on architecture (TIME, Jan. 2) or to admit a deficit, San Francisco's fair is still in the competition with its naughty-naughties. Handicappers' current No. 1 choice is Sally Rand's troupe of cowgirls, wearing boots but no saddles on a "Dnude* Ranch" behind plate glass (see cut p. 16). Instead of "Midway," the fair's fun section is called "Gayway," which, although it means red-light district down South, sounds less bawdy to Western ears than "Barbary Coast," first and logical choice...
Destination of the trucks when they left Barcelona was Figueras, where the Government established temporary headquarters. When they finally reached Figueras, however, the fleeing Government was already gone and General Franco's columns were only a few miles behind. Moreover, the roads into France were too crowded with refugees for fast driving. Some of the trucks broke down; it soon became obvious that they could not all reach the border...
...Strong Man, bulky President General Oscar Raimundo Benavides, and some of his Ministers decided to leave Lima's Government Palace for a three-day holiday at Paracas Bay, 200 miles down the coast from Lima. Minister of Government and Interior General Antonio Rodríguez, left behind to keep a watchful eye on things at home, accompanied the President & party to the docks at Callao, port of Lima, and bade them Godspeed. He did not say anything about a safe return...
...work, probably more than at any time since the days when Catholic monarchs exercised a veto over the conclave. Wrote Michael Williams, U. S. Catholic journalist en route to Rome: "If certain powerful influences known to be deeply concerned both in Italy and neighboring countries are effective in their behind-the-scene maneuvers, the conclave will be greatly prolonged beyond the few days requisite for the slow and orderly movement of even the most obvious decision in the Vatican...
Although he has just left his homeland under the quota, Prager did not wish to make any statement concerning conditions there since his family remains behind. Met at the dock by Dr. Cecilia Gaposchkin and her husband of the Astronomy Department, he was taken to their home for the day pending the making of definite plans...