Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Caudillo without a King. As Leopold prepared to enter Switzerland, another royal scion was asked to leave it. To the modest Lausanne villa of Don Juan, the Spanish Pretender, came two august emissaries from Generalissimo Francisco Franco. They were reported to bear the Caudillo's long deferred invitation to return to Spain. Aspiring Don Juan had waited patiently for 14 years. Perhaps it was time for him too to pack...
Last week, the OPA issued its ceilings on washers and household electrical appliances, a modest 7.7% increase over prewar prices. OPA also sideswiped President Hurley. It filed suit in Chicago's U.S. District Court against Hurley for violating price ceilings, asked triple damages of $150,000. Hurley said he was "damn mad," got set to fight OPA "until the cows come home." He wants OPA to retract and admit that, under the circumstances, there were no dirty dealings. Many an other appliance maker got ready to side with Hurley, turn this into a full-scale test...
Last week at the White House in Washington (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), modest Sergeant MacGillivary became the only native Canadian in World War II to get a Congressional Medal of Honor. Then he headed for Boston. There he aimed to marry Esther Manning (who has agreed) and to find a job which he can handle with his new artificial...
Last week Father Matthiesen had reached the $2,000 mark in his personal church lund; others' contributions had added $1,000. It was not much money, but the church would be a modest one: simple." "possibly in early American style - very
Lady on a Train (Universal) sets out to elicit chills and chuckles, but never quite reaches its modest destination...