Word: seene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dating from the Revolution. The able correspondent Arno Dosch-Fleurot, who long served the New York World, was on the spot in Russia during the Revolution and has written: "While the faces of many individuals in the rush of events remain in my memory, I cannot remember even having seen Kamenev, Zinoviev or Stalin then. Later they and lots of people blossomed out, but in the days of 'do or die' there was just one big figure-TROTSKY." Lenin in the hottest days for Reds had skipped out of Petrograd (now Leningrad) to the safety of Finland...
...most civilized place in the world, is the most dangerous." Instant later he stepped into the Western Air Express plane for Los Angeles. Month ago another famed couple, the Dame and Seigneur of Sark, just missed a WAE plane in Los Angeles. It has not been seen since (TIME, Dec. 28). Last week the Johnsons, both experienced pilots, gave small thought to this disaster, the first in WAE's ten-year history...
...notorious 1926 "kidnapping"; after an appendectomy; in Los Angeles. Evangelist McPherson's story was that she had been snatched from a beach near Los Angeles, held captive in Mexico six weeks. The State spent $150,000 investigating the story, found five witnesses who testified they had seen her living at Carmel with Radioman Ormiston during the six weeks...
...white-walled room. This is well illustrated in the Korean Room where there is much pottery from 5th and 13th century tombs. The vases and bowls have a unique inlay which the Chinese were never able to achieve. This inlay gives them an extra richness when it is seen with the faint blues and greens of the ordinary glazed ware. This extra richness and beautiful coloring could never be realized except in a room which has perfect display facilities...
...Manhattan, President Paul S. Willis of the Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America responded acidly: "I am thoroughly familiar with the practice of trade puffing; but I have never seen national brands held up as a yardstick in this fashion. In my opinion, this practice falls into the category of unfair methods of competition...