Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...arrival of a new White House tenant has usually been attended by entertainment-balls, parades, Indian war dances, even a White House rummage sale. The sale was staged by Chester Arthur, who wanted to get rid of a lot of old "junk," including a pair of Lincoln's trousers and a magnificent sideboard which had been presented to the former First Lady, Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes (also known as "Lemonade Lucy"), by the W.C.T.U. (it fetched a high price from a prominent saloonkeeper...
...party of Abraham Lincoln, as it often roguishly describes itself, has maintained its spotless record. The last thing it gave Negroes was liquor for their votes in the Reconstruction era. Two days ago the Republican Senators voted, 41 to 5, to table a motion to alter the filibuster rule...
...tales, and watched such history-made-easy scripts as Maxwell Anderson's The Trial of Anne Boleyn. In general, the show's filmed offerings have been better than its live productions. Critics gave high marks to Novelist James Agee's five-part scenario dealing with Abraham Lincoln's early years, and to the program's unusual films such as the Danish Palle Alone, which told of a small boy who dreams he is the only person left on earth and ecstatically drives streetcars and fire engines through the empty streets of Copenhagen. In the Manchester...
...Abraham Lincoln later on became the Great Emancipator He could boast no Alma Mater...
Fake Wheels. To cash in on the sports car fad, Los Angeles' Calnevar Co. brought out a "simulated wire wheel," a stainless-steel, spoked disk which can be snapped on in place of the conventional hubcap. Good for any U.S. car (except Studebaker, Lincoln and the Nash Ambassador), Calnevar's sporty gadget covers the entire wheel, looks like the real thing. Calnevar has orders for 50,000, expects to sell 250,000 in 1953. Price: $99.50 to $109.50 for a set of four (real wire wheels cost $300 extra a set). But the company may find the competition...