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The Cinque Ports - originally Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney and Hastings, later all the southeast coastal towns - dot the chalk-cliffed coast where France leans closest to the British Isles.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Now That Spring Is Here | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

"One is a sleek, young officer, at times almost handsome. His expression comes alive with a kind of haunted fury. His black eyes widen. His neck stretches. His head begins to twitch in spasmodic jerks. He looks like a hunted animal. It is a spasm. As it passes, he leans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Face of Vichy | 2/28/1944 | See Source »

At the very end, the matador stands in profile, aiming his sword at the tired but still dangerous bull. As the charge comes, he leans over the horns, slips the sword into the small spot between the bull's shoulder blades. If the bull tosses its head, if the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Bad Season for Bulls | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

Martin Van Buren sits in repose, a white tie and high collar at his throat, his white hair like a halo around his balding old head, white sideburns creeping down his pink cheeks. Grover Cleveland leans back in majestic bulk, the imperious, mustachioed symbol of the era of bankers and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Dewey & Dragon | 11/1/1943 | See Source »

Although all persons who had leaned treasures to the Museum were informed that the Museum could not assume total responsibility for safeguarding them in case of air attack, the owners preferred to have their leans left in the Museum's care, Forbes states. However, many paintings, drawings, prints, and other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSEUM PREPARES FOR AIR ASSAULT | 3/24/1943 | See Source »

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