Word: bolds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week Adams House proudly celebrated its twentieth anniversary. But imprisoned within its walls stands an even older structure, Apthorp House, with two centuries of tradition behind it. Neither the bold new buildings around it nor the passage of time have dimmed the colonial beauty of the three-story mansion that East Apthorp built...
...south bank of the Han seemed the logical place to make a stand, abandoning the capital to the enemy. But General Van Fleet, who had taken over command of the Eighth Army only two weeks before, announced his bold decision to defend Seoul. Said he last week: "[We] welcome the opportunity to destroy the Communist army north of the Han." At night, as the Reds massed for their assault on Seoul, allied night-flying planes spotted no fewer than 3,000 enemy trucks driving south with their lights on, smashed...
...Gloucesters have been in such spots before; they have the exclusive privilege of wearing a Sphinx badge to commemorate their bold back-to-back fight against the French in Alexandria in 1801. In a dense mist, the French broke through and attacked the Gloucesters from the rear as well as the front. Undismayed, the Gloucesters' rear rank about-faced and fought...
...Empress Eugenie hat style started a flurry in feathers. In 1947, Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth helped start the present revival by visiting Oudtshoorn, praising feathers and publicly plucking an ostrich. This year, Manhattan's Walter Florell ("the mood at the moment is to look bold") is trimming hats with Lillian Russell-sized plumes (see cut). But he has tuned them to the 20th Century by coating them with copper, rust and gold lacquers. Other Florell eye openers: one-foot-square feather muffs; a single feather-covered glove, worn shoulder length. That was enough to get Manhattan...
...many of them. John Howard Davies, as "the boy who asked for more," is far, far removed from our Dean Stock-wells. The difference is that he is an actor, not merely a cute but insipid child. Davies' performance is beautifully modulated to show Oliver's timid yet occasionally bold nature...