Word: polishing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There is no sense denying that there are great differences in the standards of living of the Polish people and those of many other European countries," said Adam Szpunar in a talk on "The social and economic conditions in Poland and Yugoslavia," last night at the third public session of the Harvard Summer School International Seminar...
...concert was light and enjoyable, but lacked some of the artistic polish that we shall expect from Martha Schlamme and Josh White, who will continue the Summer Folk Festival...
...Spit & Polish. In London, David Wal-der was fined $11.60 when a constable examining his car found the fenders wired to the hood, a door dangling by a string, inner tubes peeking through the tires, wheel spokes that could be poked out with a finger, a steering wheel that turned 85° before engaging, then locked...
...handcuffed, really handcuffed." As Chief Justice, he explained, he could not hold news conferences to refute "lying" stories, was powerless to defend himself. "Have you read the book?" asked Mazo. When Warren admitted that he had only read excerpts in Look magazine and some book reviews, it was Polish-born, South Carolina-raised Earl Mazo who blew up. Said he: "I hope to God for the sake of the country that your decisions are based on much more full and accurate evidence than judgments on a book you haven't even read." Newsmen who had overheard the conversation...
Hinting at bigger game, his landlady introduces him to Isaak and Mara Sapphir. A wealthy Egyptian Jew, Isaak is paunchy, balding and married-but not to Mara. She is his Polish mistress, and pregnant. A homeless refugee, she wants to bear her baby in New York as a U.S. citizen. For going through with a temporary marriage that gives Mara the chance to become an American, Isaak offers the painter $3,200, a new wardrobe, and all travel expenses...