Word: mention
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...even with the added shillings earned by sons John (14), Frank (12) and Leonard (11) as errand boys, motherly Mrs. Naylor has sometimes found it hard to pay the rent on their poky brick cottage and feed a family of 17, not to mention the two cats (Monty & Piddly), a mongrel dog, Billy the canary, two pigs, 16 chickens and a duck. Nevertheless, says Mrs. Naylor of her brood: "I wouldn't be without one of them...
...Smithsonian Institution in Mexico's state of Veracruz. In hilly, jungle country, not far from the Gulf Coast, lived a people far older than the Zapotecs, probably older than the Mayas. Archeologists call their culture "Olmec"; but as people they have no name, no whispering mention in legend. The Smithsonian calls them the "La Venta people," after the place where their most impressive monuments were found...
...Angeles, some 1,100 "associates" of the leftish Nation gathered in expectation of hearing a stirring rallying cry to the Wallace banner by Will Rogers Jr., their Senate hopeful. What they heard was an anemic speech in which Democrat Rogers sidestepped any mention of Wallace, Jimmy Byrnes or Harry Truman. Many a hot Hollywood liberal went away angered...
...third of Quebec's 3½ million, missing the daily 7 p.m. episode of Un Homme would have been as unthinkable as substituting English for French. Listeners hissed Miser Seraphim Poudrier as he added to his $70,000 hoard and forgot to mention his avarice at confession. They sent gifts to his wife, Donalda, symbol of saintly suffering. These two main characters are so real that in Quebec "Seraphim" now means "miser," and good Catholics are "as saintly as Donalda...
...growers had before they combined under the "Sunkist" brand. Each had good clothes but not enough money to advertise them nationally. In April 1944 they formed the C.A.C. to promote a "Made in California" label. It is now so highly regarded that many eastern firms are using labels that mention California...