Word: metier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...peddling candy, a ballet dancer spewing venom, a famous playwright and actress (Oscar Homolka & Lili Darvas) on their uppers-they are bitter and sweet, grumbling and gallant, some taking misfortune in their stride, some wearing Budapest on their sleeve. In time most of them find their mate or their metier; while those whom the immigration authorities threaten with tragedy are saved by a phone call to Bernard Baruch...
...basis of the elastic defense-in-depth which was France's last hope last week was laid down in de Gaulle's Vers I'Annee de Metier...