Word: highnesses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...triumph and a uniform designed for him by Hitler, Abetz returned to Paris in 1941 as German high commissioner of occupied France and ambassador to Vichy...
...down to a three-product trial run (eggs, potatoes, shorn wool) and come back for the rest in two years. But even that was too much for the House. "I am afraid of the plan," shouted Fair Dealer Mike Monroney of Oklahoma. "If we can accomplish this trick of high producers' prices and low consumers' prices without the outpouring of billions of dollars from the U.S. Treasury, then we have discovered something as great as . . . perpetual motion...
...discuss this question any further on a personal basis with Cardinal Spellman," she wrote in "My Day." She pointed out that she had supported Alfred Smith, a Roman Catholic, in every campaign that he made. "I have no ill feeling toward any religion or toward any people of high or low estate because they belong to any religious group. I am sure the Cardinal has written in what to him seems a Christian and kindly manner and I wish to do the same...
...last week, Mickey visited his haberdashery on Sunset Strip, handled a piddling $7,500 in bets, and wound up at Sherry's, a nearby gin mill patronized by racketeers, movie stars, detectives and high-priced prostitutes. Mickey settled as always in Booth 12, which commands a view of all exits and entrances. One of his boys picked up a movie doll named "Dee" David, and brought her over. Just before 4 a.m. Mickey got ready to leave...
Within its three branches, Uniforce has achieved a high and heartening degree of cooperation. Cabled a U.S. correspondent last week: "Some Uniter staff conferences I have attended would be eye-openers to those who believe that Europeans can never really unite. Decisions are taken more slowly than they would in an ordinary national staff. But when a decision is reached, it goes right down the line, from Frenchman to Briton to Frenchman to Belgian to Briton to Dutchman to Frenchman, and is executed...