Word: evening
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...split between the Allies was caused by French and British fear of German competition in export markets if the mark were devalued. François-Poncet argued with a straight face that he did not want the German people to lose faith in their money. Robertson, perhaps even more afraid of Germany's competitive potential, sat snug as François-Poncet carried the ball...
...Even more serious was the new law "to regulate political activities." By its terms, sponsors of a new party (the old opposition parties are already discredited) must register, then wait three years for recognition-or well past the 1952 presidential elections. Even then a court can refuse to approve the party if the judge (a Peronista, of course) decides that it endangers "social peace" or incites to violence...
Despite the relative freedom of border crossings,* and even allowing a tolerance for the imponderables of red tape, most Canadians felt such incidents occurred all too frequently. Said the Ottawa Citizen: "United States immigration authorities have been applying a 'thought control' policy that in recent months has caused many Canadians inconvenience and humiliation...
...Manchester opening of A Streetcar Named Desire, Actress Vivien Leigh got not only critical raves but a courtly gesture from Director Laurence Olivier: despite wild applause, he declined to take even a single bow on his wife's big night...
...peal of the school bell. After all, the European trip was his third vacation, he'd just returned from Maine and earlier in the summer he's had in Minnesota a fishing trip, we're told. Together the three jaunts lasted well over two months, ample, even for a freshman...