Word: gracing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These prohibitive terms were eased a bit by a provision that interest payments need not begin for five years, and by an escape clause under which interest could be postponed in years when Britain had an unfavorable balance of trade. Both were logical U.S. concessions: without the five-year grace period, Britain would simply pay the U.S. interest out of U.S. loaned capital; the escape clause flowed logically from U.S. assurances to the doubting British that world trade was bound to revive and float British exports up with...
Last week in Philadelphia the new Pops began its first season. For the maraschino to top his prize package Max Leon imported Grace Moore. By season's end, Popsmaestro Leon expects box office, not bonbons, will keep his orchestra going...
...Grace Moore, clowning her way through her annual song recital at Chicago's Orchestra Hall, giggled and gagged, told the audience her accompanist was "scared to death," got him so muddled that Tribune Critic Claudia Cassidy walked out. "I left in sheer commiseration," she wrote. "I don't know what his nerves can stand, but I know my own limitations...
...Bred. In Salt Lake City, Mrs. Grace Irvine complained that burglars had not only carried off her portable radio but left a ring in the bathtub...
Many Marriages. The Lewis married life also has been somewhat diverse. In 1914 he married Grace Livingstone Hegger. They were divorced in 1928. Their only son, Wells Lewis, was killed in World...