Word: calendar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...start, Pravda named nine critics who had made the mistake of criticizing the kind of calendar-art-heavily realistic pictures of Red politicians and soldiers in action-that Soviet bigwigs think uplifting. Some critics, it seemed, had dared to see a little merit in paintings done outside the Russian sphere, which "serve the selfish interests of the bourgeoisie, catering to their decadent and perverted tastes." And a brave or venturesome man named Byeskin had even found fault with a picture by one Yar-Kravchenko entitled Gorky Reads to Comrades Stalin, Molotov and Voroshilov His Story, "Girl and Death", which subsequently...
...Chicago grain pits, traders had a nervous eye on the calendar. Exactly a year ago, grain prices had tumbled in the worst shakeout in seven years. Last week traders had more than the calendar to make them nervous. The Department of Agriculture announced that it would not put any acreage restrictions on this year's corn crop. With the market already glutted, that seemed to mean another big crop and still lower prices ahead...
...been the Year of the Rat-and the year of the Communists. In the Chinese calendar, the old year stood for misfortune and deceit. A few surreptitious firecrackers, still forbidden under martial law, last week heralded the New Year of the Ox, which signified hard work and persistence. In present-day China, inevitably, it also signified sorrow and loss...
...Weeks. The Department of Commerce brought out a calendar solemnly listing the "Special Days, Weeks and Months in 1949," with which U.S. admen will woo consumers this year. From "Idaho Potato & Onion Week," which growers are plugging this week, through "Woo Woo-National Sweater Week" starting Sept. 26, there will hardly be a letup. The week of April 1, said the department with tongue-in-cheek, will be known as "National Leave Us Alone Week...
...calendar of triumphs, defeats and contortions of the human spirit during...