Word: woolens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...four other justices, an admiral, an Air Force general, glittering with war decorations. At the order "Introduisez les accuses," the five defendants filed in. First was Jacomet, a humble, whipped-dog expression on his lean face. Next the soft-footed, bearlike hulk of Leon Blum, a peasant's woolen muffler wound around his neck. Third was La Chambre, youngest of the five. Then came the aged gamecock, General Game lin, his face wan from prison illness, his mustache no longer a trim, precise line above his lips. Last was Daladier, thick-necked Bull of Vaucluse. They sat facing...
...message of cheer. After a perfunctory mention of "the accomplishments of our Army" (now retreating in Russia), the little Minister got down to business. What he wanted was Christmas presents for the soldiers on the Eastern Front: overshoes, stockings, woolen underwear, furs, blankets, gloves, ear muffs-anything, in fact, that would turn the keen winds of the Russian winter...
...Moscow's snow-clad streets celebrating infantrymen in fleece-lined leather coats and yellow fur hoods, provincial troops in worn quilted jackets and spiked woolen forage caps, Cossack officers in capes, spurred knee boots and high astrakhans would not reason with their joy. In the street, a grinning, drink-happy young man suddenly seized Tlinesman Sulzberger by the arm, exclaimed in joy and wonderment: "It is Moscow! Here we are in Moscow...
...DEPARTMENT STATEMENT ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT NEARLY 2,000,000 WOOLEN BLANKETS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY ARE TO BE PURCHASED FROM AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS FOR THE USE OF AMERICAN DRAFTEES CAUSED WASHINGTON OBSERVERS TO COMMENT ON THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THIS ACTION AND RECENT NEWS OF THE SEIZURE BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES OF BLANKETS FROM NORWAY'S CIVILIAN POPULATION TO HELP PROTECT NAZI SOLDIERS FROM THE RUSSIAN WINTER...
Henderson's explanation for his flexible ceiling: "It is a special plan to meet a special situation." But this week businessmen wondered about the next "special situation." Good guess: woolen goods...