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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Between stays in Russia, she traveled from revolution to revolution; her favorite was China, where she denounced Chiang Kai-shek as a bandit, and extolled the Chinese Communist leaders as Marxist saints. During lecture tours in the U.S. she tried to convert everyone in sight to Communism, including Henry Ford. She noted with asperity that the only American organizations which refused to listen to her were the National City Bank of New York and the House of Morgan...
...given up the hope of ever finding a man of their own. But in a blunt sort of way, German women have kept trying for the man-permanent or temporary, in or out of wedlock. Ever since the war, advertisements for "Marriage, Social Life, Acquaintances" have been a common sight on the billboards in every German city. Under the heading Werbe Dienst (Advertising Service) appear such frank appeals as these...
...ready-witted, poker-playing Pianist Solomon (full name: Solomon Cutner) is ready to display his wares more widely than he ever had before. A tailor's son, he was born in London "within sound if not sight of Bow bells-I'm a cockney all right." At eight, when he made his debut in Queen's Hall, his last name was dropped from the billing, and he never picked it up again. He played on provincial concert tours until he was 14-"until some people got interested in me and let me retire and study piano...
What remained of ancient Rome when young Giovanni Battista Piranesi came down from Venice in 1740, was a pretty depressing sight for a would-be architect. The Forum was a clutter of shattered columns commonly known as "Cows' Field." The once-glorious Capitol was "Goats' Hill." The arcades of,the Colosseum were smothered in weeds and shrubs, and every day a few more stones disappeared on the carts of enterprising masons...
...whip its weight in wild boars. In the U.S., until recently, boxers were as rare as giraffes. Even 16 years ago, says one breeder, "you could lead all the boxers in the country into Times Square, say 'scat,' and they'd have been out of sight in the flick of your finger." Now, still good-natured but also smartly fashionable, some 75,000 boxers (costing up to $5,000 per pup) are on leash in the 48 states...