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Then behind a jet of vaporous breath appeared a vendeuse, rubbing her hands, the national gesture of this winter. Mad ame wished to see a dress? The one with the elbow sleeves and the deep V-neck? But certainly, if Madame could bear to try it on. Yes? Ah, Madame was a real Joan of Arc ! The vendeuse led the way to a dressing room. Heroically Madame took off her coat, then her extra lining, then, with thin-lipped determination, her dress. The vendeuse clucked her admiration of such courage. Deftly she inserted Madame into the model...
Then behind a jet of vaporous breath appeared a vendeuse, rubbing her hands, the national gesture of this winter. Madame wished to see a dress? The one with the elbow sleeves and the deep V-neck? But certainly, if Madame could bear to try it on. Yes? Ah, Madame was a real Joan of Arc ! The vendeuse led the way to a dressing room. Heroically Madame took off her coat, then her extra lining, then, with thin-lipped determination, her dress. The vendeuse clucked her admiration of such courage. Deftly she inserted Madame into the model of the new gown...
...dark for three years. San Simeon was not what it used to be, for Hearst had been forced to sell 165,000 acres of it to get $2 million he badly needed. But there were still 75,000 acres around the famed Enchanted Hill castle, enough to give him elbow room and privacy...
...Orleans, blaring Negro bands were carted through the streets on the slightest pretext; the trombonist sat well back, over the parade wagon tailgate, where he had elbow room to maneuver his slide...
...Washington, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy joined Admiral King in adding another half-inch stripe to the one two-inch and three half-inch stripes on his sleeve, after moving the old ones closer together to avoid crowding at the elbow. (Generals of the Army George C. Marshall and Henry H. Arnold ordered new insignia, but had nothing yet to show their new status...