Word: stoutly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...European Recovery." The Queen's Commissioner arrived, Burgomaster Witschey said grace in Dutch, and dinner proceeded: three stout courses followed by brandy and a speech by the burgomaster. "Thanks to America," he said, "we are able to work." Next day I was shown what that meant...
Editor Martha Stout had a different reason. "None of those boys knew a thing about publishing," she said bitterly. "It's pretty tough these days even for publishers who know what they're doing...
Adman Arthur Collins, who had founded Kaleidoscope and was squeezed out of it three weeks after the first issue appeared, agreed with Editor Stout. "The sole cause of their failure was their management, or lack of it," said he. "It was sure what one magazine called it-a '90Day Wonder...
...young Communists up front yelled the old revolutionary slogan: "Aux barricades!" Demonstrators grabbed wooden trestles placed along the sidewalks to contain the crowds and laid them across the road. Iron chairs from Fouquet's and other open-air cafes were added. Paving stones were ripped up. Soon a stout barricade was built. The police did not move...
Second-grade pupils were learning a poem which summed up much of Western Germany's mood: "Speckled autumn moves through the country with long steps and mighty hand. It bends the slender trees and it rustles the stout ones. Then the ripe apples and pears and apricots come tumbling down. The boys and girls shout: 'Hurrah, Uncle Autumn is here...