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...lieutenant colonel in 1946. Thrusting once again into home-town politics, he was elected his party's city chairman, built his success by staying mostly in the background and pushing attractive candidates, e.g., Philadelphia Mayors Joe Clark (1951) and Richardson Dilworth (1955). In 1954 he helped persuade an unknown but respected chicken farmer named George Leader to run for governor. Leader won, appointed Finnegan Secretary of the Commonwealth...
Gamal Abdel Nasser is a tall (6 ft.), hefty Egyptian of 38 who just four years ago was an unknown infantry officer in a beaten and discredited army. Not very long ago, Western leaders (and even Israel's) saluted him as a genuine, responsible leader at last in the Middle East, a young man whose forceful vision might yet bring tranquillity where there was chaos. Today, having seized control of the world's most important waterway, he is defiantly whipping up Arab hatred to drive the Western powers from the Middle East. Said one Western expert: "We thought...
...Parmelee explained that Mongolism may occur in any family-that parents are not to blame. Studies indicate that injuries of unknown origin during prenatal life-most likely near the eighth week of pregnancy-may be the cause...
Dior to work in a mansion at 30 Avenue Montaigne. There, as L'Express Fashion Editor FranÇoise Giroud once remarked, diffident Christian Dior was "unknown on the 12th of February, 1947, famous on the 13th." The overnight event that made Dior: the New Look...
...less than $1,000, Rorimer carted the bust off to the U.S. In the Met's workroom, Director Rorimer and his staff carefully cleaned off the layers of paint, found underneath the gleaming silver features of an unknown bishop whose miter was handsomely jeweled (see opposite). The enameled coats of arms and Latin inscriptions on the bust further identified the piece as a work commissioned by the great Italian Humanist Poggio Bracciolini and his wife Vaggia. A search of the records brought out the fact that about 1438 Poggio had indeed given to the Church of Santa Maria...