Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Except for the Communists in Foley Square, most of the U.S. seemed inclined to agree. As long as the U.S. felt the need to keep G-man Hoover checking up on its fellow citizens, the uneasy feeling was bound to persist. But without the assurance of the FBI's eternal vigilance, the U.S. might feel uneasier still...
...North Atlantic Treaty was ratified last week by the French National Assembly (397 to 189) and by the Italian Senate (175 to 81). All signatories had now ratified the pact except The Netherlands, whose upper house is expected to do so next week...
Next day, when Churchill went for a swim in blue bathing trunks, Italian photographers were hiding in nearby bushes. Police flushed them all out except one; he got some pictures, then tumbled down a slope into police range and got chased too. Churchill waded ashore, shook himself vigorously, stomped into the hotel growling: "I am not a movie star...
...Kans. (pop. 2,500), he will continue to fill mail orders for everything from Practical Masonry (No. 1,232) to Margaret Sanger's What Every Girl Should Know (No. 14). But from now on, the Blue Books will be dressed up in lively, illustrated jackets in every color except blue...
...Except for his rages, Joe's most impressive feature is his unpredictable size. At one point, in a tussle with some furious lions the size of overgrown rats, Joe looks about as big as a house. Later, little bigger than a normal gorilla, he blandly climbs into a standard-size moving van. In reality, Joe is a puppet of fur-covered aluminum, probably not more than twelve to 18 inches tall. His minutest movements were photographed frame by frame, like the drawings in an animated cartoon, and synchronized with scenes with live actors...