Word: playground
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...believe Dr. Goebbels, post-war France was a politicians' playground, a hotbed of lewdness and corruption. If we are to believe "The Baker's Wife," it was a land of savory white bread and sparkling wine, the home of wholesome earthiness and tender charm. Whatever the historical truth, "The Baker's Wife" should manage to please everybody: Dr. Goebbels, because of its solid portion of "blood and soil"; and all the others, because of its warm humanity and charming malice...
...nurse ushered them in. The children sat in its red leather chairs, hobbled up its ramps (just for exercise, the school had a few stairs to its observation tower), found handrails along every wall, adjustable chairs and tables, two lavatories, a drinking fountain and a grassy outdoor playground next to each classroom. Other equipment: arts & crafts shops, sewing machines, two model kitchens...
...that the governorship will become increasingly important (with the eventual disposition of the French West Indies yet to be decided and U. S. good will to be courted). The Daily Mail concentrated on the recreational facilities of the archipelago, described the Bahamas as "isles of pirate gold" and the playground of rich Americans...
...playground superintendents the Windsors are well experienced, will find the routine of Nassau reassuringly similar to that of the Riviera. To the swank Jungle Club go top-flight visiting Nassau socialites to dine, to the equally swank Bahamian Club for dancing or gambling. On nearby Hog Island are the tennis courts and swimming pools of the exclusive Porcupine Club. Below green-shuttered Government House are the warm waters of Nassau harbor, crowded with sleek yachts and fishing launches. Two hours flight away is the Florida coast and its U.S. winter resorts. The cartoonists of the U. S. press were quick...
Technicalities brushed aside, the principal objection to the plan was a petition signed by neighbors of the selected site, who claimd that the project would decrease their land values. As the student committee for the playground points out, this claim is open to serious question. Conversion of an eyesore and police problem into a valuable social service for the entire residential neighborhood should raise, not lower the value of abutting land. In failing to rise above the doubtful logic of a few property-owners and provide for the pressing need of hundreds of eager boys, the Park Board has blocked...