Word: minded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chief is Stanislaw Radkiewicz, former schoolteacher and longtime Communist. When his assistant, Stanislaw Vachowicz, a Socialist, complained of the UB's activities, he was forced to resign. When Premier Edward Osubka-Morawski, Socialist stooge of the Communists, protested about the UB in Cabinet meetings, he was told to mind his knitting...
...about his change of mood. He had locked up his Riviera labors-about 50 pieces, including gouaches and drawings-and left the key with his friend the curator, who hoped that Antibes would make the green museum room a "Picasso Hall." That was all right with Antibes' practical-minded Mayor Jean Pastour. "In my mind," said the Mayor, "Picasso's paintings are . . . monstrous things. . . .Yet the world is full of madmen who love Picasso, so if Picasso gives our museum some paintings, we will accept and exhibit. Perhaps some crazy fool would come to see them...
...many experts contend that in the end some sort of electronic method will be universally adopted for colors. It is up to FCC to decide whether color shall be introduced now, with mechanical television, or whether it must wait on all electronic development. Until FCC makes up its mind, few want to buy a television set, quite apart from the cost-from $225 to $2,500, plus a minimum $45 installation...
...found Headmaster Nash's dynamic forthrightness hard to take and some of his proposed changes even harder; most such masters have now left the school. Though St. Paul's and its headmaster could part with some relief, the Bishop-elect took his time about making up his mind...
...home. The door fell off its hinges and struck Mr. Blandings, the prospective buyer, on the right temple. " 'You'd have to do a little pointing-up here,' " said the agent, gesturing carelessly at a heap of stones that might once have been a fireplace. " 'Mind your head as we make the turn,' " he added, entering a void: " 'I want you to see the living room.' " At once, a Revolutionary wooden beam disengaged itself. Mr. Blandings staggered under the blow...