Word: though
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shall summon, with all due reverence, the shade of that greatest member of the Supreme Court of the United States"" The defense attorney went on dramatically ticking off the "fiery crucibles" in which Hiss had represented the State Department-Yalta . . . Dumbarton Oaks . . . San Francisco. "Yea," he trumpeted, "though I walk through the valley of death I shall not fear, for I am with Alger Hiss...
...Alice's private secretary. For an act or so, Alice dodged his lasso. Then, in the second act finale where things started popping in the old Viennese operettas, Alice announced to a party of distinguished guests that she had picked Secretary Smythe to be her husband. Though at this point Freddie loved her well, he found her procedure highhanded. When old Cowder offered him $50 million as an added inducement, Freddie sang with simple dignity: "I trample on your gold..." Cowder: He scorns my daughter's addresses! Freddie: Thus do I treat all dollar princesses! The Chorus...
...Kazimir and Ludviga return home to the People's Democracy, leaving the Dollar Princess to smother in her gold. Kuder, for his part, decides to buy up a few votes and run for the Senate on the Democratic ticket. "Broadway," he remarks, "will be happy though amazed...
...veneration of saints' relics is a pious custom of Roman Catholics, though it dates back to pre-Christian times. According to the most common theological opinion, these objects, ranging from parts of the body to bits of things the saints used, are to be honored not for themselves but as tangible reminders of the saints...
...company, which had spent only $7,500 on advertising in 1939, splurged much of its $1,000,000 ad budget pushing the new "bold look." It ran sales up to a new high of $23.7 million (though, with higher costs, the net slipped to $1,000,000), second to Cluett, Peabody's (TIME, Oct. 11). Convinced that he has a winner in his new wrinkleproof collar, Phillips plans to push it with his biggest ($1,500,000) advertising campaign...