Word: protegees
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The Author is a good deal older (58) than her public is apt to think her. Born in Portage, Wis., she left home, like other small-town girls, to go to college (University of Wisconsin), to get a job (newspaper work) in the big city (Milwaukee, then Manhattan). In Manhattan...
With the ex-President available, in case France's crisis should become so grave as to demand formation of a "National Government" above party, President Lebrun tentatively picked another politician of the moderate Left, told pugnacious Edouard Deladier, son of a baker, once protege of Edouard Herriot and War...
"Body & Soul" dates back almost to Johnny Green's Harvard days when he founded the Gold Coast Dance Orchestra, played the saxophone for the Harvard Band, became a protege of Gertrude Lawrence who, when he was a freshman, sang one of his songs in Chariot's Revue.
When a Hindu bows to applause he puts the palms of his hands together under his nose, bends forward as deeply and reverently as if he were addressing deity. When Hindus want music they summon someone who can play one of India's many kinds of guitar or one...
Facing the future, German observers were sure last week that the next Cabinet will be "presidial," irrespective of who becomes Chancellor or whether a majority in the Reichstag can be found. Should the Nazis succeed in building a coalition it would still remain true in Germany?as in Italy?that...