Word: pinks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...corporation lawyer, became a friend of Franklin Roosevelt. Among Government jobs he faithfully served at: adviser on the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion Board. Among jobs he was mentioned for but did not take: president of the New York Stock Exchange, governor of Puerto Rico. Max Gardner, big. pink and amiable, does not stick his neck...
...reception in Moscow, Elliott apparently made some colorful (very pink) remarks. Through a "reliable individual" the magazine Newsweek got wind of these and published them. According to Newsweek...
...piped aboard, the President wore a short-sleeved pink shirt, tan slacks and a white sulky cap. He stood on the conning tower with Skipper Casler, a fellow Missourian, while the U-2513 headed for open sea, beyond the southernmost limits of the U.S. Then, as the boat was rigged for diving, Harry Truman went below to the control room. Elevators depressed, the streamlined hull slid gently beneath the blue waters. The depth indicator showed that the President was going deeper than any of his predecessors*-200 feet, 300, 400 and finally 440. The U-boat could have gone deeper...
...wings a piano played softly Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours. A squatty ballerina in pink & white tarlatan waddled across the broad, bare stage with the grace of an angry duck, poised herself on her toes in the manner of Alicia Markova and executed a series of shaky pirouettes. To no music at. all she leaped through the air and beat her chest in an athletic agony that was unmistakably Martha Graham...
...horses, with the driver and two footmen splashes of vivid scarlet above the deep maroon of the coachwork. Through the windows the crowds could see the King in an admiral's uniform, sitting erect and wooden-faced under his gold-peaked cap, while the Queen, with her plump, pink-and-white face, powder blue hat, grey-fawn furs, was all smiles and gracious waves. The Welsh Guards Band played God Save the King as the coach went...