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Word: swingstress (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marshal Pétain harvested his grapes at Villeneuve-Loubet on the Côte d'Azur. A Fight For Freedom audience of 17,000 cheered when Wendell L Willkie and William S. Knudsen denounced Naziism at Madison Square Garden, Eddie Cantor tripped over his hoopskirts, Swingstress Ella Logan swung Tipperary, Larry MacPhail bussed her, and Bill Robinson tap-danced in a gold-&-ermine suit on "Hitler's coffin." In Moscow, U.S. Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt sent over a plate of flapjacks and a can of maple syrup to Lord Beaverbrook. - Japan's Crown Prince Akihito, Tsuguno-Miya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hearts & Thistles | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

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