Word: happeners
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...brought his vegetables from the sub-Atlantic plains to the Casablanca markets for the last 14 years, told me: 'We farmers are no longer the only ones who count. The country is becoming industrialized, with new habits, new men and new ideas. I am not sure what will happen, but Allah will decide for the best...
...Berlin a shopkeeper said to an American woman: "I suppose you're packing now." "Why?" she asked. Said the shopkeeper: "You mean to tell me that you don't realize the consequences of Moscow's failure? Why, any day now it will happen and you'll have to leave as fast...
...nation's top sponsor of U.S. art, was celebrating the 100th anniversary of Blakelock's birth with a retrospective show of his work. His, said the catalogue, was "one of the most tragic artists' lives ever recorded. Before we congratulate ourselves that it could not happen today, let us be sure that we have gained enough wisdom to recognize our gifted individuals no matter how far they may diverge from the norm...
...involves a full-throated serenade, a sneaked love letter, a couple of disguises, some comic policemen, and denouements in which the entire company tears around singing its head off. The Italian lyrics are occasionally paraphrased in English captions, and before each act, Deems Taylor explains what is going to happen next...
What would happen to Leo Durocher? Whether he got his job back with the Dodgers next year depended on his own behavior for the rest of the year, and how well the Dodgers did without him. Said Rickey: "We'll see." One possibility: if the Dodgers don't take Leo back he might end up next spring as manager of MacPhail's New York Yankees. Despite their squabbles, Leo and Larry were two of a kind, and understand each other...