Word: facings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pushers" whose chief concern is the hang of their striped trousers, was just true enough to make many a grave, correct, dry-worded gentleman in the Department dislike the appointment of Joe Kennedy to London. They correctly foresaw such incidents as Kennedy's telling Queen Elizabeth to her face that she was "a cute trick." They did not foresee that Queen Elizabeth would be pleased and flattered beyond words...
...World's Fair Palestine Pavilion, sought passage to Palestine where he will join the Jewish Legion. An eye-witness to Hitler's 1923 beer-hall Putsch, Actor Muenz gibed: "I was in the street when the machine guns began to fire. Immediately Hitler was down on his face. His General, Franz Ritter von Epp, got disgusted and shouted: 'What's the matter with you? You are supposed to be a soldier. Stand up. The people want to see you. . . .' [Hitler] was a simple, very simple, sick, no crazy man. ... I'd love to kill...
...show. Argentina in particular hemmed, took exception, offered substitute phrases. The final draft, a reluctant Argentine compromise, postulated the 21 countries' common interest, provided that in time of crisis the signatories would consult each other. When war broke out fortnight ago, Argentina did a complete about-face and put herself in the forefront of the rush to implement the Lima Declaration...
...asleep as soon as their heads touch the pillows may be suffering from a minor form of insomnia, and the real victims of insomnia may be having a worse time than usual." To save British complexions from wrinkles etched by air-raid fears, the Telegraph offered with a straight face the following pseudo-scientific "receipts for easy sleep...
...When getting ready for bed, take off your makeup, massage your face and throat . . . massage your scalp. This has the effect of soothing nerves and relaxing muscle tension...