Word: uniformities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...than half the nations ranged themselves behind the U.S. -and free competition-the all-powerful authority had been whittled down to an international body (one vote to each nation) which would have only an advisory power on global air matters. There was also agreement on such technical matters as uniform landing signals, weather reports, etc. As New York's Mayor LaGuardia, a conference delegate, quipped: "Gentlemen, everybody is against bad weather...
...reason, that onetime Oilman Hurley has a direct pipeline into the White House, generally approved of the choice. General Pat has been on warm personal terms with the Gissimo ever since his arrival. For Pat Hurley, there was added good news: even as Ambassador he could still wear the uniform he dearly loves...
...treatment of lighting on forehead and hair which distinctly imitates a style of English Portraitist Thomas Gainsborough, who was showing in London at the time; 3) typical Trumbull traits in the Officer are straight-line highlights on buttons, the peculiar method of coloring the rectangular collar of the uniform...
...from 52 nations, delegates and hangers-on at the International Business Conference in Rye, N.Y., wined, dined and talked world trade in the Westchester Country Club. Typical of the tangible results: resolutions urging the universal adoption of 1) driving on the right hand side of the street; 2) a uniform measuring system (metric...
...troops had scarcely entered Paris last August when huge billboard posters with an American-flag background appeared all over the city. On them was this legend: "Congratulations on a job well done-Hart Schaffner & Marx." A few days later the London Daily Mail angrily protested that American businessmen in uniform were transacting business in Paris. But who had scored this advertising scoop for the big U.S. clothing firm no one seemed able...