Word: caste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...curt statement, the Embassy charged that attempts had been made "to cast a shadow and to discredit" members of its diplomatic staff. Cried the Embassy: "The sources of this slanderous information are the false statements of the former employe . . . Gouzenko, who has stolen money from the Embassy and who is indictable for the committed crime in case of his return to the U.S.S.R...
...newcomer to the Shakespearian field. Twenty years ago he was treading the boards in the quadrangle behind Sever when his own company gave summer performances around new England. Age and portliness have only enhanced his charms as Falstaff, that wistful pursuer of other men's wives. His supporting cast does credit to the Theater Guild's reputation for fostering real talent. A special word of commendation belongs to Judson Rees, the seven year old trouper who portrays Falstaff's petite page...
...people who don't want to wear spectacles have three principal drawbacks: 1) friction of the eye against the lens irritates the cornea, makes it difficult to wear the glasses more than eight consecutive hours; 2) high cost (up to $250); 3) fitting, which involves making a wax cast of the eyeball...
When Diego Rivera went home from Paris in 1921, he saw his native Mexico more appreciatively. Particularly he cast a fresh eye on a primitive art that no one else seemed to care about. He journeyed into the Pacific Coast provinces west of Mexico City, and began picking up pieces of precious art for about a peso apiece...
...welcoming UNO to the U.S., Jimmy Byrnes read a warning from Harry Truman: "There can be no home anywhere for the United Nations unless the United Nations remain united." Another American put it more prayerfully; Council attendants were startled to find that someone had already cast a vote in their new steel ballot box. "May God be with every member of the UNO," it said. It was signed by Paul Antonio, the mechanic who made...