Word: knowingness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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U.S. civilians, contemplating the surge of the Russians, the burning of Berlin with U.S. bombs, knowing that even the fall of Berlin might merely mean harder fighting elsewhere, waited for a greater day to celebrate.
Pan-Arab Portent. But the Kings had forgathered for more than fun. Their meeting, more than a symbol of union between the opposite ends of the Pan-Arab political axis, was a portent of Pan-Arabia itself. A Pan-Arab protocol had already been signed in Alexandria by Egypt, Syria...
In the course of their long voyage out, you get some sense of knowing the whole 3,000-odd personnel, from the cobbler and barber and tailor to the princely-looking royally treated pilots.
The "dream job" went to fast-rising James Barrett ("Scotty") Reston, 35, a kinetic, knowing reporter. During the recent Dumbarton Oaks conference, he was usually 24 hours ahead of other newsmen, reportedly because of news sources in the British delegation, who had known him earlier as a well-grounded London...
Love and the Inquisition. Pedro was redhaired, blue-eyed, broad-shouldered, hot-tempered, chivalrous, brave, a good swordsman, a bad liar, and a miser when it came to hanging on to his illusions. When Pedro came upon two ruffians in the forest attacking Catana Pérez (clad only in...