Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...native Rhineland to the raw, "uncivilized" Prussians; once he cracked to a Berlin friend: "Why do you go on living in a town where the monkeys still swing from the trees?" With his imperious eyes, his thin, determined lips, and his rather high, monotonous voice, Adenauer is not a popular leader, nor does he want to be. He never shouts, never tries for dramatic effects; in his political followers he inspires respect, but rarely deep personal devotion. Yet Konrad Adenauer brings to his task an unshakable confidence and a profound faith...
...Berkley celebrated his 72nd birthday while honeymooning in Sea Island, Ga. To well-wishers who phoned, the hotel desk clerk said that Barkley had left a message: "Barring the untimely death of the President or a declaration of war, not to be contacted, much less disturbed." Craig Rice, 41, popular whodunit writ er (Home Sweet Homicide), was committed as a chronic alcoholic to Camarillo State Hospital in California...
...records was made with a band (Wee Baby Blues with Blues Singer Joe Turner), Tatum's fame has come from his solo work. "A band hampers me. I hafta watch out for them." His solo records of standard tunes (Tea for Two, Sweet Lorraine), his jazz renditions of popular classics (Massenet's Elegy, Dvorak's Humoesque), and his showcase novelties (Get Happy, 9:20 Special) are part of most jazz collections...
This is the reason why the School's graduates are so popular in the job market, and it's also the reason why the expensive Harvard education (tuition is $800 a year) can meet the increasing competition of be-paid-as-you-learn corporation training programs...
...February, 1946, Harvard managed to train over 14,000 army and navy officers in the use of supplies, as well as 500 business was who further crowded the School for War Industry Training and Advanced Management programs. This latter program, a 13-week course for executives, continues today, so popular did it prove during...