Word: tante
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Department No. 3 is that segment of U.S. foreign relations which Franklin Roosevelt reserves for himself, working through miscellaneous aides. This segment has expanded ever since the start of World War II, includes matters handled by Assis tant Secretaries Adolf Berle and Dean Acheson,and others handled by such quasi-foreign-relations agencies as OEW, OFRRO and the Nelson Rockefeller Committee...
...many millions of dollars south of the border, suspicion of the gringos was again on the rise. The 13th Pan American Day was approaching, and Good Neighbor oratory was in order, but Ambassador Messer smith considered it necessary to play the stern mentor. Said he, in his most impor tant speech since he took over the Embassy in early...
...four short stores are on a par with Norman Mailer's "Right Shoe On Left Foot," a powerful and tant story of the eternal clash between blacks and whites in the South. Mailer has the intensely realistic style of a James T. Farrell; he has perfected this technique and keeps perfect control over his subject matter. Least, successful of the stories, perhaps, is "The Bridge," by Robert Lowry, a conscious attempt at oversimplification that strives too much for this effect. Douglas Woolf handles his more familiar theme of tough children shop-lifting with ease and restraint. A too apparent theme...
...forward pass that put Minnesota on Michigan's 5-yd. line. Smith was injured on the next play, but his teammates scored for a 7-to-0 lead that the Wolverines were unable to budge. It was Minnesota's eighth successive victory over Michigan. More impor tant, Minnesota is now in a place where, if it gets by Northwestern this week, it should beat its remaining opponents (Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin), should deserve a leg on the Williams Trophy...