Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week, while delirious Frenchmen danced and kissed, Germans stared stolidly into blackness and even Britons wondered. For as the war's fifth birthday came round, the British, like the Germans, were tired. Buzz-bombs were worse than the blitz. And Britons worried over the look of the world to come. For Poland, even victory would mean a national tragedy. For France, it was a vast questionmark. Ever since the blitz failed the British had known that victory would one day be theirs, as the Germans after Stalingrad and North Africa had glimpsed the spectre of defeat. And they...
Henry Ford, observing his 81st birthday, is quoted as saying, "The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his life span by controlling his diet. I think he will find everything he needs in wheat; wheat is the divine food...
Gert Hans von Gontard, Anheuser-Busch brewery heir, onetime German baron, freed last June of draft-evasion charges, was inducted into the Army six days before his 38th birthday, dropped the "von" from his name, observed cheerfully: "I've been an American citizen for five years-and am proud...
...drawn are scattered. Presidents from McKinley to Franklin Roosevelt, lesser statesmen, tycoons have befriended him, complimented him, collected his originals-which he gives away for the asking, never sells. Though never syndicated, his cartoons have been widely reprinted. Fellow craftsmen dedicated their cartoons to him on his 70th birthday. This year his cartoon "But Where Is the Boat Going?"-showing Congress, the President, McNutt, Hershey, Lewis, Green and Murray at sea in a "manpower" lifeboat, won the Pulitzer Prize...
...others come in for their share of the dates. As long as they ration said dates out to only Mid-Off's all will be fine. Then the ladies behind the counter--Julia, Margaret, and Sally in particular--feted one of our men by a little birthday party very recently. And the Food. The other morning saw the worst form of torture possible thrust upon us as we hungrily passed along the line to find for cereal only one choice, All-Bran...