Word: featly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Janeiro to tell President Vargas the fishermen's troubles. From Getulio Vargas they won full union rights-and pensions. Their story (TIME, Dec. 8) so kindled Cinema Director Orson Welles (Citizen Kane)that he flew Jacare and his mates to Rio again, to enact their feat for his camera...
...ranking college bridge pair of the year. In this competition, won by a pair of veteran medical students from Kansas State College, Harvard's "mail-order" representatives, Milton W. Kelly '43, and Lewis N. Sandler '42, finished third high in individual pairs. This, in itself, was no mean feat, since they outplayed 212 other contract duos representing men's women's and co-ed colleges...
...submarine command were awarded Silver Stars. They got these awards for steering their submarine, loaded with a huge store of gold, silver and other Philippine treasure, from Corregidor through Jap-infested waters to a cruiser that transshipped the precious cargo to San Francisco. But in that prodigious, daring smuggling feat there was one unsung hero...
...world where opera is looked on as champagne & caviar for the rich, this was a feat. The San Carlo has never had wealthy backers or subsidies. Its goal has been low-priced opera for mass audiences. In its 30 seasons it has played 9,000 times to 19,000,000 people; and except for its first year, when it lost $700, it has made money. Though its performances some-times creak, and its singing is as uneven as a stockmarket graph, it has kept a wide public happy...
...children and husband (a strict Abolitionist) and married a Southern doctor. She raised him a family in Florida, and when he died, returned to remarry Great-grandfather. "This," says Author Chase, "seems to me nice going at any time, but in that day and age a truly remarkable feat." Great-grandmother died, age 92, from automobile injuries sustained while out joyriding with a beau...