Word: spruceness
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...Winterton away. On the morning of the great day, rain and high winds lashed the city and the harbor; swarms of impatient Italians broke through police lines and made a shambles of the dockside area; Winterton's Italian guard could not get through. Even Italy's own spruce Bersaglieri and their commander, General Edmondo de Renzi, were buffeted and disheveled by the warmth of their welcome. General Winterton decided not to wait around for a proper transfer of authority, sent his regrets and sailed away, amid taunts. The Centaur's skipper explained later that he could...
...could better serve his many U.S. customers (biggest: Scripps-Howard) with a U.S. mill. He decided on Calhoun because it has plenty of water, good transportation and access to vast supplies of southern pine, which has a growth cycle of only 25 years, v. 75 years for northern spruce...
...that the Milwaukee Braves and the Baltimore Orioles have taught the big leagues that shifting a franchise can spruce up a team, most baseball men agree that the Athletics could do worse than make the sleeper jump to Kansas City. But Roy Mack is a stubborn loyalist. When the Athletics' board of directors meets this week to consider Johnson's offer, Roy will be on hand with some last-minute support from a syndicate of Philadelphia businessmen. If Co-Owners Connie, Roy and Earle agree to sell their stock, Harry Sylk, president of Philadelphia...
...greatest bounty-and our supplication that peace on earth may live with us, always." Then, after finishing his first Christmas Message to the American people, the President went to his backyard and turned on the thousand lights of the nation's Christmas tree, a 35-ft. Norway spruce...
...room than they would ask for outside advice on how to keep a husband happy. But in the last decade, the U.S. has become home-conscious as never before.*Decorators report that more and more of their clients are middle-income families, switching to modern homes or trying to spruce up traditional homes with new styles. Last week at the Fifth Annual Homefurnishings Show in Manhattan's Grand Central Palace, a group of the East's best-known decorators showed off their newest ideas...