Word: ups
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile, other British beasts were reverting to type. "A blue tit," wrote a correspondent to the letters column of the Times of London, "flew in at my window this morning, woke me up by thumping a Balzac novel, and proceeded to reconnoitre a cup of tea."
Looking more & more tired, Nehru rode back & forth between receptions, up & down Manhattan Island, preceded by wailing police sirens and greeted by politely cheering crowds. He was usually accompanied by his sister, plump Mrs. Pandit, India's Ambassador to the U.S., and his slim daughter, Indira, both in flowing...
When Ed showed up at the U.S. Embassy, the staff there shook their heads and bet him he wouldn't get an exit visa until Christmas, if then. But Ed Bowling knows his way around, wherever he is. He got his visa O.K. in eight days and flew back...
Courage in a Cage. With such unwonted ferocity on the march north of the Channel, it was perhaps a bad week for self-styled Animal Trainer Karl Steinmann to prove his courage in Paris. He had come to France from Vienna last June and signed up as a dompteur or...
Justice in Time. Paris' famed Cirque d'Hiver was persuaded to lend its ring and five lions-Pasha, Prince, Romeo, Pigalle and Hamed-for the legal demonstration. "Never turn your back on Prince," admonished Circus Manager Alexandre Bouglione as Steinmann prepared to enter the cage. A breathless girl...