Word: sixings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John McCloy saw a long, tough job ahead of him. Said he: "There can be no solution in Germany in three months, six months or a year. Even if progress takes ten years, it is good...
Jovial Dr. Alfred Bilmanis, Latvian Minister to the U.S., had been a pet of Washington society. In his comfortable 17th Street home, he loved to relax over a mellow wine and a fine cigar, converse in any of six languages. But when he attended formal diplomatic parties, as he did frequently, he became a thorny symbol. The State Department had never recognized the armed annexation of his country by Russia. Russian diplomats bitterly resented his presence at White House functions, coolly declined invitations on the grounds of illness if he was to be present. "Bilmanitis" became a Washington gag. When...
Last week, mild-mannered Jules Feldmans, carrying his credentials as charge d'affaires (a lower rank since he had not been appointed by a government), was given the full and formal State Department protocol treatment in Washington. He was warmly received by Secretary of State Acheson. For six minutes, lounging in a leather armchair, Feldmans told of the plight of 80,000 Latvian D.P.s who would like to come to the U.S. The State Department put Feldmans' name on the official list of diplomats. Mr. Feldmans did not call on the President, but it was announced unofficially that...
...their lives as seed bulls). Los diablos negros (the black devils) of La Punta have charged the capes of Belmonte, Manolete, and most of the other great and near-great of recent bullring history. Businesswise, La Punta's long gamble is rewarded by orders for about 35 corridas (six bulls, with two held in reserve) a season. It charges as much as 40,000 pesos ($4,624) a corrida, a price that few other ranches could...
...found to be sterile, his ailing front leg was patched up and he was sent back to the races. Last week, after one defeat in a tryout race a fortnight ago, he got back to winning form. In the $50,000-added Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct, the six-year-old, clubfooted chocolate stallion looked good as new as he won over Vulcan's Forge in 2:02 4/5, only three-fifths of a second off. the stake record for a mile and a quarter. quarter...