Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...National Democratic Headquarters on Washington's K Street, a delighted yelp went up when early returns from Connecticut's six congressional races were posted. Democrats had hoped to take four of the state's six seats; instead they scored a grand slam and hauled in all six. And as the evening wore on, similar gains across the U.S. gave Democrats the bright view of a strengthened hold on the House, which they dominated last session by a majority of 35 votes. Probable Democratic gain in this year's election: 35 to 40 votes...
...Taking a grand total of $6 from the house, the bandit made his get-away in Mrs. Wells' ranchwagon, which was later found abandoned in Norumbega Park, Auburndale. The burglar apparently left no traces...
...year-old Russian-born anthropologist is being tried for perjury. He is accused of falsely denying to a federal grand jury on Feb. 20, 1957, that he knew Jack Soble, a confessed Soviet spy. However, Zborowski later admitted knowing Soble...
...fact remains that when Europe lived in terror and tyranny, the household of dauntless Germaine de Staël earned the honor of being regarded (in Stendhal's words) as "the Grand Assizes of European opinion...
This is the simple outline of Novelist-Playwright Felicien Marceau's new book, but it is the portraits within, not the frame without, that make it a sparkling display of French tragicomedy. An irresistible pair are stern father de Gau-grand, a half-mad patrician whose "broad back [extends] like the Great Wall of China," and his wife, who wears newspapers (for warmth) throughout the winter and sits down to all meals in hat and overcoat. Daughter Denise, raised in this nutty household, is more than a bit weak in the head, but far from weak in will...