Word: knottier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Buckram-bound, lead-heavy, but never slaphappy, Vogue's contribution to democratic amity makes Emily Post look like an aborigine. Four years in the making (by a Vogue associate editor), it pronounces the last, unquestionable Word on subjects ranging from table manners and cookery to the knottier intricacies of proper behavior for divorcees and the correct way to address a letter to an Archimandrite of the Greek Orthodox Church ("The Very Reverend Archimandrite"). Cold-toned, it tries to sell etiquette purely as a civic virtue. "Think of ball games," raps Author Fenwick (who obviously never does) "without a conventional...
...whom is dying, wish to marry, they can declare that intention before six witnesses. A court then decides whether to make the marriage legal. Divorce does not exist in Brazil, and both Carol and Magda have been divorced; however, Brazilian courts sometimes recognize the divorces of foreigners. A knottier gimmick in the Carol-Magda nuptials is a Brazilian legal provision that the deathbed wedding procedure is invalidated if the ill spouse recovers...
...Germany, where great music has long ranked among the important responsibilities of the state, he occupied a position as essential as that of a cabinet minister. When the Nazis took over, FurtwĠngler, as head of the state-supported Berlin Philharmonic and Berlin Opera, became one of their knottier problems. He detested the Nazis. But if they forced his resignation, Germany would lose one of her few remaining claims to cultural prestige. So they began seducing him into the Nazi game...
...beyond these, there were literally hundreds of other questions, major & minor, calling for prompt answers. Previous Roosevelt-Churchill conferences had been largely confined to military strategy. Now they faced tougher and knottier problems. Some of them: should France take part in the Pacific war? What of Rumanian peace terms (the Russians were waiting for an Anglo-American reply)? What if revolution hits Spain after Germany's collapse? What of the old, graveling question of Polish boundaries? What of postwar lend-lease to Britain? What-and this might not be too small an aside- of the U.S. election? And, finally...
They take turns presiding over council, which ponders its business on the bench in front of D. L. Reid's general store. Knottier problems they solve by flipping a coin. Their work is strenuous, for "nearly 300 people live in or near Sandy Springs," says Moore. So neither has much time left for farming. They are not making much money out of their joint job. Said Co-Mayor Moore last week: "Our policeman collects the taxes. What is left after he is paid is divided equally betwixt Mr. Smith and me. But up to now we have...