Word: unexpectedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Italy's old Count Carlo Sforza entered its wide spaces first, to plead the case for Italian trusteeship of her former African colonies. The Netherlands' Dr. Dirk U. Stikker talked to Secretary Acheson for two hours, and was pressed to come to terms with Indonesia's republicans...
The last great shortage-steel-showed unexpected signs of coming to an end. Steel plants piled up their tenth consecutive week of overcapacity production; there was a drop in orders for such essential products as freight cars. Last week the Department of Commerce took official note of the increased supply...
Last year they saw Harvard sweep the river in the midst of whistles, hoots, Yachts, straw hats, long-legged and suntanned girls, seersuckered guys, and general bedlam. It was a joyous occasion but not unexpected. Tom Bolles has never lost a varsity race to Yale.
The news of Gold Rush Album is that such superb pictorial records of the migration were kept. Editor Jackson's collection begins with pastoral glimpses of California, includes the early accounts of the discovery of gold, and scenes along the various routes-the Lassen Road, the Salt Lake-Los...
Spain's ex-Foreign Minister and onetime heir-apparent to his brother-in-law, Francisco Franco, rose with leisurely languor from a red velvet couch, adjusted his gray silk tie, sauntered into his studio to receive the unexpected callers. Solemn of mien, in dark blue suits and black ties...