Word: hau
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was no doubt that Margaret Truman hau a rather charming voice, but one far better suited to the drawing room than to the concert hall. Perhaps it might go over on the air. Before last week's concert, Teacher Strickler had a conversation on that possibility, according to Hollywood's Daily Variety: an advertising agency and Margaret were dickering over a radio appearance. Said Mrs. Strickler indignantly: "Don't forget she is the President's daughter." Snapped the adman: "Why do you think I'm offering...
Koerner's paintings, at the Hau am Waldsee, were a high spot in Berlin's booming art season. Cheaper and easier to find than movies, galleries have become popular entertainment in Berlin. German painters can still buy canvas and brushes on the black market, and almost anyone can sell his stuff (paintings are considered a reasonably good hedge against inflation). But German art is still far below pre-Hitler standards. One good reason why: the painters Hitler had exiled have shown no inclination to hurry back. George Grosz has become a Long Island suburbanite; Lyonel Feininger is busy...
...Emir, an astute ruler, made a wise gift to his men: ten tons of bitter, exhilarating kola nuts from the sterculiaceous African tree. Morale soared. On kola nuts and water Katsinans can tackle anything-hunger, fatigue, forced marches, or the most vicious enemy. Roaring their traditional cry of Hau!, the kola-inspired warriors swarmed down the Kaladan Valley, won their biggest victory of the Burma...
...Indian biologists, H. C. Mittra and K. Mitra, studied the nutritional value of red ants, a delicacy commanding high prices in Indian village markets. The ants, called Hau, are eaten raw. In tests on rats, Mittra & Mitra found that the ants rated high in digestibility. Chemically analyzed, they were rich in carbohydrates and protein. Encouraged by these findings, the Journal suggested studies of other bugs such as head lice and bedbugs, highly fancied by Melanesians...