Word: caught
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...went to Europe in 1929 to study music. When war came she stayed on in Berlin, broadcasting a mixture of sirupy music and defeatist propaganda to U.S. troops. Los Angeles-born Iva Toguri d'Aquino, 32, went to Japan in 1941 "to see a sick aunt," was caught there by Pearl Harbor. Along with half a dozen English-speaking Japanese girls, she became the corporate voice which Pacific troops nicknamed Tokyo Rose. Just before war's end, she married a Portuguese newsman...
...episode was Princess Margaret. Growing up, she was not as gentle as her gentle friend Barrie pictured her. She became a terror to "Crawfie" (Miss Marion Crawford), her governess. At ten, she shocked her graver sister by noting that her nursery footman was "frightfully handsome." At 14, Margaret was caught sampling the King's champagne. At a recent party, the King told her not to drink any more sherry. "If you don't let me have another glass," said Margaret promptly, "I won't launch your old ships for you." The King gave in. Once when Elizabeth...
Like all harness horses, Demon Hanover had to learn not to break into a gallop or canter, a process known as teaching a trotter "good manners." The Demon caught on beautifully. Last season, mostly on half-mile tracks, Demon Hanover won twelve races in 14 starts. Last week, Hoyt felt so certain of his chances in the big race that he closed up his Danbury hat factory...
...remembers pre-Prohibition Manhattan as being "sweet . . . sweet and sad," and that was how he painted it. For him the canyon-like streets flowed with pretty girls and hurrying men-a warm swirl of humanity that his quick brush (trained for newspaper illustration in the days before news photography), caught in full flood. At night he painted Manhattan's vast, far sparkle, and did it tenderly enough to make onlookers sense the million lives behind the million lights...
Other cameramen besides WPIX's Lester Mannix had caught the scene in their lenses. What made television news was the speed shown by WPIX in bringing the drama to its audience. The film was ready in the cutting room by 6; part of it went on the air at 7; the whole film was shown over the regular 7:30 newscast...