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Once again last week, O'Brady's modest talent enchanted Paris. Her art needed no guide; her portraits were recognizable. Among her sitters: Jack-of-Arts Jean Cocteau, Poet Paul Eluard, and John Steinbeck (who urged her to return to the U.S. and paint American workmen...
Agents & Bottle-Bombs. The authorities, eager to make a big catch, were happy to let Emmet's hopes and fancies grow into a substantial capital offense. As his plans went forward and his workmen turned out an arsenal of pikes, bottle-bombs, grenades and scaling ladders, informers peeped in at the windows of the "secret" depots, or eavesdropped on the excited workmen when they retired to the pubs. Soon the authorities knew that Emmet's hopes were not confined to Dublin alone, that he had been promised support from all parts of Ireland-undependable promises which his "sanguine...
Gasoline-powered cages will travel through the structure in coming months, raising bricks, boards, and concrete to high points in the steel framework. At the top of the shaft workmen are currently attaching a special derrick for distributing the materials...
...Lamont workmen used blowtorches. Mayor Curley used MIT's flame, throwers, Boston used every available street cleaner and a condescending reporter from the Globe. The railroads used well-paid volunteers from Harvard...
...first day back from his honeymoon, reported for duty in the Operations Section of the Admiralty, using a side door to dodge the mobs of curious women thronging the front entrance. Next day he drove his bride over to examine Clarence House, their 32-room London house, where workmen were still clearing up blitz damage. Until Clarence House and Windlesham Moor, their country house, are ready for them, Elizabeth and Philip are staying on with the family at Buckingham Palace. Late in the week, they ducked the annual Christmas Party for the Palace servants, to dine quietly with the Duchess...