Word: modeles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cartels (notably tin and rubber), which all but shut out U.S. business" grievously slanders the Dutch. Before the war an unlimited number of U.S. firms could have had, and very many did have (amongst others, Goodyear and Standard Oil), vast and growing enterprises in Indonesia . . . thanks to the model open door policy of the Dutch government which welcomed all enterprises, including Japanese...
...Except the six-cylinder business coupé, which was reduced $5 to bring it $2 below Chevrolet's comparable model, thereby giving Ford the chance to crow that it had the lowest-priced car put out by the "Big Three...
Beyond Glory (Paramount) is a canonization of West Point and Model Cadet Alan Ladd. At the start Ladd is accused by an ex-plebe (Conrad Janis) of hazing beyond the line of duty, and of lying to bring about the plebe's expulsion. As the story unravels in flashbacks, things look pretty black for the hero. Before he came to West Point he fought in World War II, and apparently his best friend died in battle because Ladd was a c-w-rd. And now Ladd is engaged to the poor fellow's widow (Donna Reed...
...found a willing helper in the Government. The Reconstruction Finance Corp. lent him $15.5 million, got him a Columbus (Ohio) surplus plant (TIME, Feb. 10, 1947), pushed his priority claims to steel. Last week RFC again gave Lustron another big boost. Although Lustron has turned out only seven model houses in a year, RFC lent it another $10 million...
...Tolstoy's love-web. Sister Liza fell madly in love with young Tolstoy-only to find that he was in love with sister Sonya, who became his wife. Tatyana herself got the next best break: her brother-in-law admired her so much that he made her the model for his heroine, Natasha Rostova, in War and Peace...