Word: pathe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...described what he saw: "The glasses would serve as my trademark and at the same time suggest the character-quiet, normal, boyish, clean, sympathetic, not impossible to romance." Pathé made four two-reelers of him in spectacles, and they were an instant success...
...conference of Commonwealth Finance Ministers in London this week, the British planned to spread the austerity by asking all of the Dominions to restrict dollar purchases. Economist-Politician Cripps, with one eye on the dollar and the other on the general elections due within a year, walked a tortuous path. He and other Western politicians faced a delicate job in telling the public just how big the crisis...
...prelate was met by the welcoming sounds of the Strahov church organ. Women strewed white peonies in his path. A little girl pressed into his hands a bouquet of white carnations. He took the bouquet and blessed...
...West German constitution. McCloy's job is to see that the Germans do not transgress their constitution or the broad policies of the occupying powers. If they do, he and the British and French High Commissioners will have to step in and set the Germans on the right path...
...idea was simple indeed. The way to stop spark plugs from broadcasting, he decided, was to enclose the ignition wires in metal shields leading from the magneto to the plugs. Thus, there would be a return path for the high-frequency elements in the spark current (the source of the trouble). The plugs would go right on broadcasting, but the waves they created would stay inside the shield...