Word: pinking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sheila's straight brown hair and clear white skin, admitted that his eyes told him a different story, found Sheila "predominantly white." He nevertheless agreed to Sheila's request, ruled her colored,ordered the magistrate to marry her.* At home last week, Sheila nursed newborn daughter Pamela, pink-cheeked and fair-haired. Said Sheila: "I am proud to be colored...
...things as, "Your husband belonged to the Gestapo. If you don't bring me 50,000 francs I will denounce him to the police," or "I know who strangled your sweetheart. Send me 50,000 francs and I won't say anything." The letter writer invariably used pink stationery, was promptly nicknamed by the press "the pink raven" (in French, the word "raven" is slang for a poison-penner...
...widow. Unable to make a living as a pianist, she had tried as best she could to eke out her meager 7,000 franc ($20) monthly pension. Last week a Paris court sentenced her to eight months in prison. The prospect of jail did not alarm the pink raven. Said she: "At last...
This spring week in Johannesburg the flowering plums were massed with pink after a hard winter. But I found that in South Africa's Golden City you can't have even a haircut without bumping into crime...
When Harriman emplaned a few days later, the Foreign Minister was at hand to say goodbye. The Premier sent a huge bouquet of pink gladioli for Mrs. Harriman. Among the many gifts: an Isfahan rug (for Truman) and an antique rifle (for Harriman) from the Shah...