Word: golden
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stripping down to the buff, acquitted a news dealer of peddling obscene literature. Said Judge Struble: "The front views, as well as the other views, are of God's own children. There cannot be any obscenity in God's own handiwork." ¶ New York City celebrated its Golden Jubilee ( 50th anniversary of the consolidation of its five boroughs) with a six-hour parade down Fifth Avenue. There were 55,000 marchers, 100 bands, over a million spectators...
When Campbell chucked the regiment, Victoria had just celebrated her Golden Jubilee; Rudyard Kipling was writing about a legendary hero in the Burmese Wars ("He crucified noble, he sacrificed mean, he filled old ladies with kerosene"). But, as the Manchester Guardian straight-faced last week, "It was a time of uncertainty . . . One of these government commissions was talking of doing away with the good old scarlet uniform and replacing it with field grey or 'khokee.' Magazine rifles (far too complicated for active service) were being issued . . . Soon even the drum might be threatened. No wonder Drummer Campbell deserted...
...beginning of the 19th Century, Artillery Armes (that is the name the author has wished on him) gets mixed up in Florida's trouble under Spanish rule. Golden-haired Artillery works as a U.S. secret agent, but he is pretty confused about which side he is on. The reader will share his confusion. But nothing much is left unexplained about Artillery's love life: he oscillates between fair, proud Beth (daughter of a wealthy merchant) and dark, passionate Dauna (a slave girl). In the big emotional climax, after buying Dauna in a slave mart, Artillery whips...
...course of his fistic career, Fuller has lost only once, on a split decision to Willie Clemens, national amateur Golden Gloves champion in 1947, while amassing a record of 31 victories 26 by knockouts. Two weeks ago in Providence he knocked out Sam Gladings with two punches in 21 seconds of the first round...
...America's Family Magazine" was out to raise a bigger family of readers. Last week, as a recruiting poster, Look ran a double helping of cheesecake on its cover: a hairy-chested youth and a golden-haired girl, lolling in bathing suits more fiction than fact. The whole magazine also had a new look. A new art director, Merle Armitage, had restyled the covers (with a white background), cleaned up the cramped typography, and given the magazine a fresh, well-ventilated...