Word: stern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...except the overly sentimental, shed tears. But for the first time the certain chaos of postwar Germany was made graphic. Everyone knew now that, no matter when the war in Europe ends, its end would not bring a cessation of grave problems. And there was still the stern prospect of the Pacific...
...they please.) More often the Germans have pictures of their families, the Goethe deathmask and Varga girls. They decorate their mess halls with elaborate paintings-the Alps, German heroes, busty girls. Across one day room an artist has painted a group of naked women, on the wall opposite the stern admonition "Ein guter Soldat muss verzichten koennen." (A good soldier must learn to do without...
Although the show is designed for the Navy primarily, civilian early risers and military personnel in the other College Houses may hear the program. Broadcast time is now from 0640 to 0720. Philip M. Stern '47 and Charles A. Shaw '46, both of V-12, act as announcer and engineer...
...Glamor Girls. They profited by earlier mistakes made by the WACs. The WACs had used a publicity man's appeal to get results. Many a glamor girl got in a WAC recruiting line just for the gag. The WAVES hewed to a line that was dignified and stern. On one occasion a Brooklyn reporter heckled Miss Mac for a story on WAVE underwear. What was going to be regulation lingerie? Miss Mac set her teeth; the Navy did not care what the WAVES wore under their uniform. The reporter finally gave up. There was no story on WAVE underwear...
...Dane family was large, rich and unhappy. Rolls's father, John Dane, called "The Eye" because the family thought he saw everything, was stern and ambitious ("I want a big house," he said when he was married. "My ideas, my schemes are big. Very ambitious and very, very big"). Griselda, his beautiful wife, was afraid of him. Rolls's older sister Selina, who never married, was possessive, bitter and tyrannical. She ruled the house when her parents died. Pelham, Rolls's brother, was too inhibited to display his real emotions. Rolls himself never did anything he really...