Word: furse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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As soon as he got on his feet, Duke sent for his mother. "I was never out of her sight until I was eight," he says. "She and my father even used to take me to dances and set me on the bandstand while they danced." He bought her furs...
By the 20th century, when popular taste had long since caught up and the value of a Rembrandt oil soared to the million-dollar mark, American artists like John Sloan pored over his etchings for inspiration. Russian-born Chaim Soutine sat entranced through a whole day before Rembrandt's...
In the major cities Japanese hotels ($9 to $15 for a double room) have all the comforts of home, but in the provinces tourists should be prepared for hard beds, little heat and no inside plumbing. Japanese food is generally heartier than Chinese cooking, with tender steaks and sizzling sukiyaki...
In 1954 the United States exported about $15 billion worth of goods, of which about one-third went to Western Europe. In comparison, American exports to all Red-controlled countries totalled only about four million, of which approximately $200,000 went to the U.S.S.R. United States exports in 1954 to...
On opening night, with the French interested in a film-exchange deal, the week got an impressive official sendoff. The plush Normandie Theater on the Champs Elysees was flanked by rows of Gardes Republicans in scarlet-trimmed uniforms. The band blared the Marseillaise and the Internationale, and into the theater...