Word: flower
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...just the man with whom Tammany could challenge waspish, ebullient little Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1941. In a sense it was a personal feud. The Little Flower had heckled Democratic...
...flower of Red womanhood assembled in Rome last week. Theirs was the semi-annual executive meeting of the Women's International Democratic Federation, a Communist front formed three years ago to the battle cry: "Women of the world, unite!" Beneath two white cardboard doves, 31 ladies representing 52 nations met to compare notes on women's rights. Another chief purpose: to prepare a campaign against warmongers in the U.S., Britain and "the countries which dance to their tune...
Sketchy as the book is, drained of the color that made the Little Flower an endearing and irritating one-man kaleidoscope, it discloses a passion for public service. Some of his famed fractiousness comes through here, and so does his standard of political morality. He was willing to pick up flophouse votes with free coffee and doughnuts, but not willing to accept Hearst's offer to get him nominated for New York Supreme Court judge...
Gavin's dissertation was titled "This Bright Red Flower: A Critical Discussion of the Stories of Katherine Mansfield." Woodring wrote on "William and Mary Howitt: An Essay on Fame," while Brown discussed "Law in the India of Sir William Jones: A Starting Point for the English Historical School of Jurisprudence...
...Greek Orthodox Church calendar it was Good Friday, and Athens mourned the death of Christ. Flags were at half mast and the cathedral was draped in black. Behind Christ's flower-decked bier, members of the Greek government formed a procession which slowly wound through streets lined with spectators holding lighted candles. In the procession snowy-haired, handsome Minister of Justice Christos Ladas whispered to Athens Police Chief Angelos Evert: "Why the cordon of police around us? You do seem to take unnecessary precautions...