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...been earned. The victory had been, in great part, a triumph of Bradley's bold tactics. The Eisenhower report did not touch upon anything so touchy as individual credits. Allied teamwork was its theme; and the victory had been, in sum, one of Allied strategy. But the jewel had facets which reflected historic brilliance upon U.S. arms and U.S. generalship...
...once-delayed, well-advertised World Security Conference began this week at stately Dumbarton Oaks, a magnificent 16-acre estate set like a jewel in Washington's Georgetown. The 39 delegates, none in a plug hat, strolled down the old pebble walks, through formal gardens, under Chinese scholar trees, across arched bridges over the carp pond. Promptly at 10:30 a.m. they filed into the pink brick Georgian mansion, past the Byzantine and mediaeval objets d'art, into the high-ceilinged music room. There they arranged themselves around a huge U-shaped table covered with the inevitable blotter pads...
...Tyrrhenian coast the shallow port of Piombino was taken; less than a week later Cecina, 25 miles farther north, was captured. Leghorn was only 17 miles beyond. Siena, a medieval jewel, which had been carefully spared Allied artillery fire, fell virtually unharmed to French and Americans...
Sally Rand put an ad in the Lost & Found columns of the Tampa Tribune: "Will the person who took my fan from the Jewel Box please return the same to Max Plattner or me at the Tampa Terrace Hotel. Because of war conditions impossible to purchase more for the duration. Other fans broken beyond repair. These are my tools and I cannot work without same. It is of no value to you as a souvenir. It is irreplaceable to me. Please...
Welcome. In the King's richly decked tent the Generals got a royal welcome. Ibn Saud liked the Lend-Lease pretties, gave a little Lend-Lease-in-Reverse: to each visitor an Arab costume, headgear and all; to the Generals, jewel-studded swords; to their aides, watches and daggers. The monarch, according to old Arab custom, pressed his guests to stay at least three days. But the Generals were not on vacation. Two hours after their arrival they said farewell, climbed aboard their modern magic carpet, turned Cairoward...