Word: untillable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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At a London luncheon in her honor, Marlene Dietrich forgot that one does not smoke in a formal dining room until the King has been toasted. Between courses, she puffed on a green cigarette holder while the traditional uniformed toastmaster stared in horror. When he could stand it no longer...
Until young Bob Mathias (rhymes with defy us) came along, the folks in Tulare, Calif, (pop. 12,000) never had much to shout about.* When Bob became Olympic decathlon champ at 17, they let off a roar heard all over the county, gave him a noisy welcome when he came...
Yet nothing pleased the Dutch more than the clear success of their own new opera. The Dutch government and the city of Amsterdam, recognizing a new national asset when they see one, have agreed to meet half the budget of the young company until 1955.
Most stars are too faint to suit astronomers, but the sun is too bright. Astronomers have been able to analyze the sun's light and photograph the spots that cruise in mysterious cycles across its face. But until recently, their observations have been limited mostly to the brilliant surface...
One bright summer morning in Guns-bach when he was 21, Schweitzer awoke and calmly came to a momentous decision: "I would consider myself justified in living until I was 30 for science and art, in order to devote myself from that time forward to the direct service of humanity...