Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...front walls of the small shop--called the Book Pedlar--are lined with inexpensive booklets and pamphlets. The titles are blunt: "Communism and the Negro Revolution" (44 pages, published by the "Patrick Henry Group"); "The Socialistic Views of Nelson Rockefeller" (published by the Independent American, "a national Conservative newspaper, which is dedicated to the restoration of Constitutional Government"); and "The Time Has Come, An Up-to-date Report to Those Who Know the Score" (by Robert Welch, founder of the John Birch Society...
...heart of Dahlberg's autobiography is a biography of his mother, Lizzie. A lady barber, she searches throughout her life for customers for her shop, food for her kitchen...
...minded girl who decided a year and a half ago to "bring about a system to end all the chaos." With a volunteer staff of 25 (including socialites and civic leaders), one secretary (Columnist Max Lerner's daughter) and five telephones, Call for Action set up shop. Sparked by spot announcements over (naturally) WMCA assuring listeners that a phone call to the group would expedite a complaint, Call has handled complaints from nearly 15,000 natives suddenly afforded a sympathetic ear and, more important, the name and telephone number of the proper municipal authority to call. In addition...
...named Joseph Fesch, was busy collecting art. Pulling rank (he soon became a cardinal) Fesch acquired Dutch masters, Italian primitives and renaissance greats. Waterloo meant little to Fesch; he simply moved into the Vatican; but after that he had to rely more on his eye. Once in a junk shop he spied a cupboard with a finely painted door, even though one plank was missing. Later, he found the missing section as part of a stool. Today the picture is on view in the Vatican museum-Leonardo da Vinci's St. Jerome...
Many U.S. tourists think that there are still bargains to be had in little old shops in the country. But in France, at least, there is a good chance that the shop owners are city slickers who have cunningly disguised themselves as hick storekeepers in shawls or wide suspenders. London Antique Dealer George Knapp sells Americans a lot of Victorian pianos. "Preferably minus the works," he says. "Americans like to make them into bars, or put a hi-fi inside...