Word: londoners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manhattan's cafe society, trying to keep up with Paris and London, threw its first Bal de Tete. Jarmila Novotna, opera singer, won first prize for the "most beautiful" headgear, a concoction of butterflies and twigs. Mrs. Brooks Howe's was "most ingenious"-a stocking cap, complete with...
...from an Oxford background, and my father was a parson, and together they educated us all. I tried three times to get into Oxford by passing the 'locals' but couldn't. They did, however, show I had a proficiency for history so when I went to the University of London that became my primary study. After graduation, I received a fellowship to Bryn Mawr and taught there for two years. That was 40 years ago; this is my first time back...
Imperialism. In London, the Colonial Office launched a "Know the Empire" campaign, explained that 3% of Britons believe that the U.S. is still a British colony...
...London's Critics Circle began raising funds for a last appeal-to the House of Lords. The goal: $28,000, the extra $8,000 to cover costs if Miss Robertson should lose again. Out went a distress message signed by five members. In their zeal, the critics hinted that Miss Robertson had been a victim of M-G-Malice. The studio promptly threatened libel action...
Last week the five sent out a letter of retraction, accompanied by a new letter announcing "the fund is still open . . ." The London critics also appealed for "pledges" from their New York colleagues...