Word: carful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Outside, like a stiffly starched nurse in a hospital corridor, a police car drove up to the cheering crowds. "Ladies and gentlemen," admonished a loudspeaker, "it is requested from the palace that we have a little quietness, if you please. The Princess is trying to sleep...
...battle on the Champs Elysees reached its worst phase just before nightfall. A gang of Communists surrounded a police car, tried to set fire to it. The gardes started shooting. Some fired in the air, but one or two shot blindly into the fog. By direct hit or ricochet, four men were wounded. Panic seized the Communists and they fled...
...worthy of Chester Gould, or possibly Al Capp. The Sword was such a creation, and anybody who cares to endure several dozen kiddie shows might find another. Incidentally, every program is running some sort of contest. Prizes are usually bikes or toy pistols, but once in a while a car or Bendix pops into the lineup. Such items are worth trying for. It means eating lots of Ralston and swilling Ovaltine, but the competitors are minor league, and the potential rewards are staggering. Tom Mix, for instance, is currently allowing winners to name their own prizes...
Parents of William A. Tuttle '48, killed early on October 28 when his car plunged off the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, are seeking exact information as to their son's whereabouts on the evening of his death...
...Earl's Court, Londoners crowded into their first big auto show since war's end. They could look, but few could buy. Since Britain must export 75% of its cars, most of the new models were aimed at U.S. trade. They had the wide grillwork which Britons call "the Dollar Grin." Daimler's pastel green, 150-h.p. convertible, with hand-built body, was the show's most expensive car. In England, with a $10,000 tax, it costs $28,000. U.S. price: about...