Word: son
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mother, God & the U.S." This week, for the first time since Dom Pedro's visit, another Brazilian chief of state was due in the U.S. During his ten-day stay, President Eurico Caspar Dutra, accompanied by his son António João Dutra, his daughter-in-law, and his naval aide Raul Reis, will be the guest of Harry Truman, whom he entertained in Rio in 1947. He will address a joint session of Congress, lay a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, spend three days in Manhattan, and fly south to inspect...
Orane Desmazis, who plays Fanny, shows that she is an actress of surprising stature in "Cesar." She is remarkably adopt in the very difficult scene in which she tells Cesariot that Panisse, her husband, was not his father. Reminding her son that she was forced to marry old Panisse because she was unwed and was carrying him, Mile, Desmazis defends herself well, and delivers to her priggish son what I am sure is one of the most astounding counter-offensive in motion-pictures. It is approximately: "You forget, Cesariot, that you, yes you, kept me from having the other children...
...Harrodian tradition began in May 1849, when Tea Merchant Henry Charles Harrod opened a three-room grocery in Knightsbridge. His son, Charles Digby Harrod, proved to be something of a taskmaster when he took over in 1861. He installed a removable staircase at his employees' entrance, and took it away at 8 a.m. Store help who showed up later than that could not get in. He also abolished "cook's perks," the traditional perquisite for servants who bought their masters' provisions at the store. Eventually, he sold out to a group which turned Harrods into a public...
...Rossellini arrived in Hollywood and called on the Lindstroms. Husband Peter, who took a liking to the visitor, urged Ingrid to accept Rossellini's invitation to make a picture on Stromboli. Roberto, a balding, middle-aged (43) man with an estranged wife and a five-year-old son, joyfully hurried home. In preparation for the arrival of his famous star, it was reported, he took a course of reducing baths...
...Son of the World War I flying ace, Rickenbacker had scored a 71 in N.E. Intercollegiate team play on Friday, to tie for low man among 164 entrants. He was the only Harvard man low enough to make the individuals Saturday and Sunday, and stood a good chance of winning...