Word: chests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With this off his chest, the President lifted his chin toward another questioner and shifted back into his usual verbal quickstep. He announced that he would take another look at the Midwest flood areas on his way home from the Japanese Peace Conference at San Francisco-adding, amid groans from his interrogators (who must follow him), that he proposed to do some of his flood-area inspecting on foot. Then he casually stood off yet another attempt to smoke him out on that most fascinating of subjects: 1952. He was asked if he would comment on a magazine article...
During most of his stay at Cannes, Farouk appeared regularly at the casino at 10 p.m. Seating himself at the "tout va" (no limit) table, his hairy chest showing through the opened neck of his shirt, he would snap his fingers, and an attendant would place a stack of chips in front of His Majesty. He tossed in the square white discs, worth a million francs ($2,850) each, as though they were marbles, and when he won, he shouted "Je vous ai eu! [Got you!]," roaring with laughter. When he lost, he laughed too. Croupiers, whom he often left...
Glittering Chest. When Japan invaded the Philippines, Soriano organized a guerrilla army, was one of General MacArthur's right-hand men (as a full colonel) in recapturing the islands. As a result, he can wear a cluster of decorations (including the Silver Star) on his Reserve officer's uniform. He sends a daily ration of free beer to the Filipino troops fighting in Korea...
...ceremony. Yvonne followed him. They quarreled, as they often had recently, over which came first-marriage or career-and Pierre announced: "I want a divorce." Yvonne went to her dresser, pulled out a revolver she had bought a few days before. She fired three shots into Pierre's chest, then as he lay dying, pumped two more slugs into his head to be sure. The Chevalliers' eight-year-old son Phugel came running in. She told him to be quiet, calmly telephoned the police. Said she: "Would you mind coming over at once? My husband wants to speak...
...campus community chest sent him $850; an Austin dowager, $750; a businessman, $800 more. He used these funds for freight-to Japan, Brazil, India, Germany, Liberia, the Philippines. He sent all kinds of books: dictionaries, biographies, encyclopedias, novels. In four years he shipped out 325,000 volumes...