Word: parisians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Suzy, veteran Parisian milliner, brought her first batch of Paris hats to Manhattan since 1941, kept them temporarily under wraps, but did her best to describe them for reporters: "Hats, just hats . . . not large or heavy, but, on the other hand, not small...
...more jobs of cordiality to do. The General returned to the White House, received from President Truman the medal of the Legion of Merit. In return he presented Harry Truman with two gifts: 1) a painting of Benjamin Franklin (by Joseph Duplessis), which Francophile Franklin had given to a Parisian friend in 1770; 2) a large bronze medal from the city of Metz, commemorating its Allied liberation last November. At another ceremony, General de Gaulle conferred France's Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on Generals Marshall, Arnold and Somervell, Admirals Leahy and King. While he bussed them...
Until they can rebuild their city Berliners will live in hardship, but the degree of hardship can also be exaggerated. Compared to life in any city in the U.S., it would be extreme. Compared to the Parisian twelve weeks after Paris was liberated, the Berliner is not so badly off. His greatest lack is shelter, which he finds by living in cellars, in temporary wooden barracks, or, in most cases, with somebody else. This is uncomfortable in the summer. In cold weather, as the Parisians found last winter, it makes it a little less cold...
Horsemeat and Pink Water. The Berliner eats about as well as the average Parisian ate last November: enough to keep from starving, not enough to satisfy his hunger. The great difference is that the Berliner with plenty of money-and there are many of them-cannot buy the lavish black-market meals the Parisian could. A typical black meal comprises two square inches of horsemeat sausage, some potatoes and beets, two glasses of pink flavored water. Cost: five dollars...
...Berliner wears his old clothes, as the Parisian did. He pays two dollars for a cigaret, whereas the Parisian paid two dollars a pack. But the Parisian had no electricity during daylight all last winter. The Berliner has electricity during the day now. The underground is operating throughout most of Berlin, five bus lines are running and a good many streetcar lines. In Paris there are still no street cars or busses. In short, the living standard in Berlin is about as good as it is in most of Europe's cities...