Word: evening
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Legality at the Palace. That convinced Remón that he would have to try a third President. Even before the court spoke, the disgusted strong man cried: "If they want legality, I'll give them legality. I'll give them Arnulfo...
...Hitler-lover as Arnulfo Arias. Assistant Secretary of State Edward Miller Jr., who had called on Chanis in the Presidencia only ten days earlier, frostily announced that the U.S. had not yet recognized the new regime. Unperturbed, Arnulfo replied that recognition was "only a question of time." Even Miller had said that after a period of observation, the U.S., following recent hemispheric practice, could consult with other American republics about resuming normal relations...
...women of Hollywood continued to talk back to Lady Astor, who recently criticized "this modern striptease age." Said Dorothy Lamour: "A pretty girl tastefully posed in a scanty costume is a thing of beauty. It is even a sort of cultural achievement. Why, I donated several of my sarongs to museums who said they wanted them to add to the cultural level of their community." Virginia Mayo agreed: "We admire beautiful sculpture or the sight of a splendid tree. I think a striking presentation of the body hurts...
...Cornelius Vanderbilt got around to the opening of the Metropolitan Opera (see Music) even though it meant her first public appearance in a wheelchair. When 30 photographers swooped down on her and let go with flashbulbs, she brandished her cane and cried: "I ought to take this to you." Carleton Smith, director of the National Arts Foundation, who escorted Mrs. Vanderbilt to the opening, said she had decided to attend only after he told her that Queen Mary, who recently gave him an audience in England, had remarked sadly that "so few were left to uphold tradition...
...fact was that Joe's boys were unfit for normal school life. Despite tireless coaching at home, eight-year-old Larry had only a halting vocabulary of no words; 13-year-old Donald could barely dress himself. They were tragic "in-betweens," not quite eligible to enter even Denver's special schools for retarded children, yet not so hopeless that they had to be shut away in a state institution. Said stouthearted Joe, after his last turndown: "If there's no school 'that can help my kids, by golly I'll build one myself...