Word: looks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enjoyed before. They had helped this feeling along by their own actions. They were presenting a different face to the peoples of the world from the inquisitive, patronizing face of the pre-World War II tourist. Most of the Congressmen who had traveled to Europe last summer for a look at things were conscientious and sympathetic men, who had shown Europe a more mature U.S., even as they reflected the spirit of hardheaded humanitarianism which was abroad in their land...
...when the time drew near for Hideki Tojo to take the stand last week, the atmosphere changed. It meant that the end was in sight. The defendants ate less. They strained for a look at Fujiyama. To see the sacred mountain at year's end meant luck...
...postwar turmoil, Victor Emmanuel, appraising unrest at home and tottering dynasties abroad, handed Italy over to Benito Mussolini. It was the first -and last-time he ever defied his ministers; henceforth he was impotent to prevent his downfall. But Benito, the blacksmith's son, promised to look after the little king. The Italian people paid the price for 23 years...
...annual list of the world's ten best-dressed women (picked by a poll run by the New York Dress Institute) had the same Old Look. The Duchess of Windsor topped it (for the third time). Mrs. Harrison Williams, as usual, was among those present, and so were Mrs. John C. Wilson and Mrs. William Paley (who used to be present as Mrs. Stanley Mortimer Jr.). Mrs. Howard Hawks, who was in No. 1 position last year, was in No. 8 this time. Actress Ina Claire, on the list for the first time, was already weary...
John Wesley, the sturdy little founder of Methodism, who began "field preaching" in the open air to whatever plain folk would listen. He wrote in his Journal: "I look upon all the world as my parish...." By 1791 he had traveled some 250,000 miles, most of it on horseback over miserable roads, often braving angry mobs, to "preach the Gospel to the poor." Wesley's Journal, sixth of the writings selected by Professor McNeill, is a detailed and vivid record of the rough, violent, unequal world which was 18th Century England to all but the privileged...