Word: islanded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that remains to be completed," Davis added, "are the Quincy Square rotary, a raised triangle at the head of Dunster Street, and a traffic island north of the main subway entrance...
...with lusty, growing children, who must be supported until they become self-sustaining. For the past half-century Puerto Rico has been a costly child, its upkeep running into millions annually ... To reduce this drain on U.S. resources, Congress has tried to encourage American industry and investment in the island through tax exemptions and other inducements . . . GEORGE R. MERCADER Beverly Hills, Calif...
...premised on the assumption that the U.S. would be attacked. "We will have to carry the war back to the enemy by all means at our disposal. I am convinced that this will include strategic air bombardment and large-scale land operations." There would be little need for Pacific island-hopping after the early phases, he thought, or any need for such amphibious operations as the Normandy invasion...
Looking more & more tired, Nehru rode back & forth between receptions, up & down Manhattan Island, preceded by wailing police sirens and greeted by politely cheering crowds. He was usually accompanied by his sister, plump Mrs. Pandit, India's Ambassador to the U.S., and his slim daughter, Indira, both in flowing saris...
Married. Sarah Churchill, 34, redhaired, green-eyed second daughter of Winston Churchill, onetime chorus girl, wartime WAAF officer, and cinemactress (All Over the Town); and Anthony Beauchamp (rhymes with reach 'um), 32, British society photographer; she for the second time; in Sea Island...