Word: henry
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cornerstone of Kramer's championship game is confidence. In varying degrees all champions must have a deep belief in themselves. Henri Cochet and Fred Perry had plenty of it; Tilden, the prissy virtuoso, had it to an insolent degree. It is the same quality that enabled Babe Ruth to point to the right-field bleachers at Wrigley Field during one World Series game and slam the most famed home run of his career...
...that Premier Paul-Henri Spaak felt free to answer was: "During the war we put at the disposal of the Allies all our uranuim. This agreement is still operating. It will be revised according to the decision to be taken...
Handel: Concerto in B Minor for Viola (William Primrose, viola, with the RCA-Victor Orchestra, Frieder Weissmann conducting; Victor, 5 sides). Handel seems to be making a comeback. This little-known, stately and graceful concerto was arranged by Henri Casadesus (uncle of Pianist Robert) in 1925, and is performed with spirit and fine tone by Primrose. Recording: excellent...
...Said Henri-Albert Joinville, 46, a road repair man: "The Marshall plan was quite simple when it started and now the politicians are trying to make it complicated. It is still simple for me. We are in trouble. If we don't get help, there may be anarchy in France. The Americans have offered to help all those countries which are willing to help each other. We have accepted. Now let's get ahead. Pour l'amour de Dieu, pas de pagaille! [For God's sake, let's not mess around...
Along the café terraces of Paris' Boulevard St.-Germain, where people sit, sip, and discuss Picasso, a new story was going the rounds. Picasso (so the story ran) had gone up from Antibes to Vence to see Henri Matisse...