Word: thems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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He does not get his way by pounding the table; he uses men by flattering them, charming them with silky good humor, or freezing them with quiet contempt. His political pliability sometimes leads him to weakness. Recently, the Socialists introduced a bill in the Bundestag providing cash Christmas gifts for...
Legality at the Palace. That convinced Remón that he would have to try a third President. Even before the court spoke, the disgusted strong man cried: "If they want legality, I'll give them legality. I'll give them Arnulfo!"
The Norrises liked what they saw around Santa Barbara. It was hot country, but without the debilitating humidity of Rio. The rolling hills were forested, and the promise of water was everywhere. The Norrises sent for their family. In the next six months, some 80 other American families joined them...
The women of Hollywood continued to talk back to Lady Astor, who recently criticized "this modern striptease age." Said Dorothy Lamour: "A pretty girl tastefully posed in a scanty costume is a thing of beauty. It is even a sort of cultural achievement. Why, I donated several of my sarongs...
"I was born of a long diet of salad and love . . . The fact that [my parents] had not married before a mayor or priest did not bother them."