Word: pearling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more. He covered the Russo-Finnish war in 1940, covered the retreat of the French government from Paris to Bordeaux, then 15,000 miles and 18 months later, shot a picture series on the Philippines' preparation for war-which he sent off to LIFE one day before Pearl Harbor. He and his wife and fellow TIME correspondent, Shelley Smith Mydans, spent 21 months in Japanese prisons in Manila and Shanghai, were repatriated on the Gripsholm...
...last parliamentary appearance as Canada's Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King had put on a black suit, a crisp white shirt, a grey tie with pearl stickpin. Hardly anyone noticed him as he slipped into his chair in the green House of Commons chamber. Only 47 of the 245 members were at their desks. The rest had already left for their summer holidays...
...Pearl Harbor 6½ years ago, the provocation was simple, swift and beyond recall: Japanese bombs hit U.S. battleships in a matter of seconds. In Berlin last week provocation had a longer fuse. By blocking the normal food supply of some 2,500,000 people in Berlin's western zones (see col. 2), the Russians were betting that they could force the Western Allies out in a matter of days or weeks...
Exemptions: Veterans with one year's peacetime service or 90 days' service between Pearl Harbor and V-J day; ministers and conscientious objectors; married men and "necessary men" in industry, agriculture and science (at the President's discretion); members of active reserve units or the National Guard who join before the bill is signed or before they reach...
Texaco Star Theater (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC Television). Milton Berle emceeing a new show, which hopes to "bring back vaudeville." Opening acts include Pearl Bailey, Ventriloquist Senor Wences, Dancers Rosario & Antonio...