Word: leste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Guglielmo Giannini, ex-theatrical producer, was deeply gratified. Expansively he placed the number of his followers at 2,000,000. Disavowing all parties ("We look to them to control our doings with never-ending vigilance lest we too make fools of ourselves"), Uomo Qualunque looked as though it might become one of Italy's biggest parties itself...
...surpluses. So far, no nation has shown any signs of wanting such loans. Thanks to the inept Surplus Property Act of 1944, they are well aware that the U.S. is in no position to haggle. The act bans the shipment of goods back to the U.S. for resale, lest such goods compete with private industry. So the goods must stay where they are. Ironically, the U.S. cannot even ship home its steamrollers & bulldozers (see cut) rusting away on the British protectorate of Guadalcanal...
...destroy the aura of the era doth present said play unexpurgated. They do prove themselves Leatherheads, for they do Overdo said masque in Quarlous manner, guzzling ale in lien of Cokes, articulating so to Troubleall, and showing more than respectable Edgeworth of petticoat which scarce would Winwife, much lest two matriculated freshmen...
...Lest they be suspected of approving the Peróns of Latin America, the critical Senators joined in a unanimous vote to confirm Braden's appointment. But they had made known that freehanded, aggressive "intervention," even for Latin liberties, was not the policy of the U.S. Senate...
...parsimony . . . enormous splendor, which is a sham . . . horrible squalor hidden behind the scenery . . . vast schemes abandoned because of some caprice . . . secrets which everybody knows and no one speaks of. There are even two or three honest advisers. These are the court fools, who speak the deepest wisdom in puns, lest they should be taken seriously. They grimace, and tear their hair privately, and weep...