Word: risings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1901; the birth of Juliana in 1909 and that of Beatrix (oldest daughter of Juliana and her husband, Prince Bernhard) in 1938. Most vividly, they remembered Wilhelmina's radio broadcasts from London during the Nazi occupation, when she heartened the underground: "The Netherlands will rise again...
...criticize it. But when you get back, you make up for lost time." Author-Orator Churchill will also have something to say in the twelfth edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, due in November-60 entries on his debut (Franklin Roosevelt's total will rise from...
Eliot's 33-beat stroke provided a comfortable margin until the Adams challenge, at which point Scholle responded with a rapid rise to 37 and his crew finished strong at 38. A seaut seven feet separated the bow of the winner from the last place beat...
...biggest turnouts of voters since the rise of Hitler, Germans in Bavaria and Hesse (U.S. zone) last week went to the polls to elect local officials. Principal results: 1) the Communists, who had made the most active campaign, lost even more ground, getting only 2.8% of the Bavarian total, and 7.9% in Hesse; 2) the center parties (Social Democrats, Christian Democrats) lost heavily to the rightists. Two explanations were offered. In Frankfurt, Metalworker Gustav Schmidt explained: "The city is full of people who have fled from the Soviet zone. After talking with them, I voted as far right...
Like the charmed rats of Hamelin, Americans scamper to follow the compelling advertisement, convinced that it would be disloyal and remiss not to "remember mother," assured that one remembers best with cash, once a year. The business index will rise perceptibly, the sweet smell of roses and caramels will steep the land, but on Monday mother will be back at the washtub or Garden Club, bored, neglected, and tired...