Word: pompons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...surprising. Throughout most of his 74 years he followed the herds from their summer pastures among the ice-capped mountains of northernmost Sweden to their winter grounds in the coastal forests. He pitched his tent in the snow and slept with his head pillowed on the red pompon of his cap. In his time he killed 28 bears (and innumerable wolves), which was enough in itself to bring Skum honor in his own country...
...Casa Rosada's White Salon (which is light blue), grenadiers in uniforms of the Napoleonic period-red pompon-topped shakos, blue tunics, red-striped trousers-lined the walls as outgoing President Edelmiro Farrell tearfully handed Perón the mace and threw the colors of office across his shoulders. Then the President, who had seldom ruled, slipped quietly out to the street, hailed a passing cab and went home...
Ever since the once-mighty French battleship Richelieu limped into New York harbor six weeks ago with other ships of the French Navy (TIME, Feb. 22), New Yorkers have sympathetically watched, wined, dined and entertained the French sailors cavorting on shore leave. Easily recognized by the red pompon on their blue caps, the sailors strolled arm in arm up & down Broadway; they crowded the tiny French restaurants in the East Fifties, chatting with waiters, bartenders, barflies. Some started learning a few simple words of English (see cut), some gave their blood to the Red Cross...