Word: du
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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VIRGINIA G. Du BOSE...
Perfunctory Venom. In Paris the sun shone on the Red Flags bordering the Place de la Concorde. But in the warm spring air the paraders sauntered listlessly, shouting their war cries with only perfunctory venom. A few demonstrators shouted: "A has la politique du dollar!" (Down with dollar diplomacy!)* in front of a Marxist movie from the U.S.-A Night in Casablanca, starring Groucho, Chico and Harpo. A woman stood weeping as she watched the Red Flags flutter close to France's own tricolore. "In the days of the occupation," she said, "Nazi flags, too, were sandwiched between French...
Most important, to U.S. companies was the old charge that Farben had weakened the U.S. by cartel agreements with Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey to restrict synthetic rubber development, with Aluminum Co. of America and Dow Chemical to restrict magnesium production, with a Du Pont subsidiary to prevent export of tetrazene (an explosive) to Britain...
With no fuss, the Russian stepped up to a youngish man with a briefcase under his arm and a dirty brown felt hat pulled over his ears, and commanded: "Eeh, Du! Komm!" The German froze, casting a terrified glance over his shoulder at the frightened stream of men & women who were trying not to see or hear. The Russian waved his Tommy gun and curled his lip. "Komm!" He pushed his petrified recruit roughly into the gutter...
...finish up, took a law degree at Columbia, went on to Oxford. Now 50, for 22 years he was a faithful member of the Byrd political machine, was elected four times to Congress, once to the governorship. Although Darden doesn't need the money (he married a Du Pont), he will now get a raise. Virginia pays its University presidents $15,000 a year-$5,000 more than the governor gets...