Word: townes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time, visitors who rang the bell at the door of Zöppritzstrasse No. 46 in the little Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen heard a recorded voice boom through a speaking tube: "Dr. Strauss is not at home . . . Dr. Strauss is not at home." After awhile, when even tall (6 ft. 3 in.), ruddy-faced Dr. Strauss had tired of his crusty prank, visitors were merely asked by a servant to state their business. In most cases they were turned away. Last week, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a visitor called who would not be denied. Death came to Richard Strauss...
...objectivity? When Miss Efron tried to explain the difference between opinion and fact, gossip and news, her students replied that she was "stifling the Haitian soul." Later, "Editor" Efron sent her reporters scurrying out on assignments. Says she proudly:"They got kicked out of the best places in town...
...almost every city and town in the U.S., the big problem was finding room for the war babies. New York City expected its biggest enrollment in seven years; it had eight new school units to accommodate it, was building 20 more. Los Angeles had built 835 new classrooms for elementary pupils alone, then found that that was not nearly enough. Detroit had raised $55 million for new grade schools, but it knew that its troubles were just beginning. "This part is easy," said one school-board member. "Just wait till this crop hits the high schools...
Oriental Slave Dance. The life dedicated to the task of being a paragon of fashion for American women began 38 years ago, far from the U.S. and far from fashion. Lisa was born in the small Swedish town of Uddevalla (present pop. 22,675), the daughter of Dr. Samuel Bern-stone, a dentist. Lisa's father had changed his name from Anderson, which he considered too commonplace: there are 48 pages of Andersons in the Stockholm telephone directory. The Bernstones were always considered a little daring by the town: they liked to go swimming in the nude. Lisa still...
Although her parents sent her to cooking school ("with the idea that I should be a good housewife"), Lisa had her heart and her nimble feet set on dancing. The town still remembers how, in a school play, she stole the show dancing the role of an Oriental slave...