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...only ones to liberate Italy; the British were there too. In his second novel, Briton Alexander Baron (From the City, from the Plough) retells in fresh detail one of World War II fiction's most popular stories: what happens when invading Allied soldiers wash off the grime of battle and go out to meet the enemy's women...
That night, as Jesús scrubbed away the accumulation of greasy grime, the figure of a 17th Century cavalier gradually emerged, and behind it a flight of marble steps. Fully cleaned, it had all the depth and brilliance of a Velasquez. Jesús could hardly believe his eyes, but when Toledo's museum sent two genuine Velasquez fragments to the Prado for temporary storage, Jesús jubilantly produced his find. The three bits matched perfectly. Apparently they were three parts from the same long-lost Velasquez, which some enterprising art dealer had long ago scissored...
...many a grime-stained oldtimer in the coal fields will testify, John L. Lewis should not be counted out even when he seems to be draped over the ropes with his eyes glassing over and his legs vibrating like a pair of tired rubber bands. At a moment like that, Big John is often at his wiliest...
...backing he wanted from such moneybags as Atlas Corp.'s Floyd Odium. With the help of Odium, Hilton paid out $7,400,000 for New York's stately old Plaza, which was as deeply encrusted with stately tradition as it was with the grime of years. The Plaza's first guest in 1907 (at $30,000 a year) had been Alfred G. Vanderbilt, and since then the hotel's quiet, Old World atmosphere had made it a favorite of Manhattan's lorgnette & limousine set. One longtime Plaza guest was so frightened at the thought...
Acid Test. The Birmingham owners treated their Old Etonian employee just like any Tom, Dick or Harry. In return, Henry Yorke was profoundly impressed and fascinated by his working mates ("I loved them"). Like them he was usually covered with acid stains and engineering grime, but he still did not look the part enough to deceive anyone. "I'll bet he is a public-school boy," he once heard a Birmingham woman say sadly. "I wonder what has brought him to this...