Word: marly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fritz & the Colonels. In the New World, Fritz Mandl operated with splashy grandeur. The closets of his Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Llao-Llao, and Mar del Plata establishments held 278 suits. His garages sheltered two Rolls-Royces, three Minervas and an Isotta-Fraschini. His parties featured double magnums of champagne and scarce green chartreuse...
...read in TIME (Mar. 12) that the tank drivers at Chrysler threatened to strike because the proving grounds were dusty. . . . This brings to mind several problems confronting your union. . . . Have any representations been made to the management concerning the Tetter mines which are scattered all over Siegfried Proving Grounds? Has a vote been taken on a strike on account of the quantity of German 88s that keep getting into the tanks? Has the movement to secure a 20-hour day received any support? Particularly, I have been wondering about a problem that makes these proving grounds almost unbearable-that...
...General MacArthur these were emotion-filled days. His voice broke and his eyes filled as he stood between rusty brocaded drapes at a reception in Malacanan Palace (TIME, Mar. 5) and spoke his joy at the liberation of his beloved Manila, "cruelly punished though it be." Then he smiled, kissed Mrs. Sergio Osmea, wife of the Philippines' President, murmured, "I'm so glad you're home...
...Mexican artist who died 33 years ago is now being referred to by critics as "one of the great landscape painters of modern times." The evidence for this judgment was on view last week at the Brooklyn Museum, which was showing no paintings and drawings by José María Velasco...
...household chores because he knew it was his duty; cheerfully practiced his two hours on the piano every Saturday even though the kids outside were yelling for him to play ball; marched off to school with a sore throat because he did not want to mar his spotless attendance record. Said Mrs. Dewey: "I never thought about him being President. I just hoped he would be a good...