Word: wife
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...requirements: change wheels, spark plugs, back 100 yds. in total darkness); she put other thousands to work making bandages, nightshirts, stuffing mattresses; more took over the recruiting, classification and transporting of blood and blood donors; under Lady Denman, and Mrs. Walter Elliot-the latter a Scottish sheep farmer and wife of a onetime Minister of Agriculture-25,000 girls were sent to agricultural schools for a month and then, when they learned to plow, milk, drive tractors, onto the land. All this was done without costing the Government sixpence (except rent, stationery and the salaries of 50 clerical workers...
Daughter of a diplomat (Charles Charnaud), secretary, wife and widow of a Viceroy of India, Lady Reading explains the knack of getting big and little things done by the motto she has chosen for WVS: FLEXIBILITY. A plastic and gracious personality, she likes to travel (24,000 mi. on a speaking tour through Britain during the past year) and particularly in the U. S., where she has visited thrice and where she is usually mistaken for her step-daughter-in-law, the present Marchioness of Reading. The Viceroy told her the best way to understand the American people...
...more broadly than perhaps ever before, Britain's Queen represents Britain's womanhood. Titular commandant of the women's fighting services, last week Elizabeth graciously accepted the presidency of WVS, putting her on top of the female nonfighting services. She was already a typical British wife. The King was in uniform (Marshal of the Royal Air Force) and she no longer accompanied him wherever he went. She had her own visiting, inspecting, encouraging jobs to do. On a 24-hour schedule, from which future appointments had been dropped, she simply went where she thought she ought...
Next year the Duke was assigned to go to Australia and open its new Parliament with a Speech from the Throne, for him a terrible ordeal. "Well, here goes," York was heard to say to his wife as, gritting his teeth, he arose to speak. "I know you can do it," she replied firmly and Australians were struck by the way in which the Duchess followed every word, nodding and smiling encouragement right through to the Duke's successful close which brought a torrent of cheers...
...lend him 100,000,000 francs more, he will ruin them. This bit of blackmail lands Paul in Devil's Island. To Rio de Janeiro promptly dash Paul's dog-faithful bodyguard Dirk (rough-and-humble Victor McLaglen) to tend bar, Paul's lissome wife Irene (Sigrid Gurie) to resume her career as a cabaret songster, both to plot Paul's release...