Word: yellow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pattern in the North. In the South and West the Chinese Government's control was secure. The Government held some three-quarters of the country. But north of the Yellow River* (see map) it was all the Government could do to protect the big cities and keep the main rail lines open. The Chinese Communists, who lacked the strength to take Peiping, Tientsin or Mukden, controlled the countryside of North China and Manchuria. They could, and did, tear up rail lines (sometimes within ten miles of Peiping...
Help from Leonor. At his famed Thursday night radio broadcasts from the yellow-stuccoed governor's palace, she sits with him. Often he seems to be speaking to her rather than to the cross section of São Paulo that crowds around the table or to the thousands of Paulistas who hear his voice through loudspeakers in the dusty squares of distant villages. The broadcasts have become a weekly event for listeners-in southern Brazil...
From that day on, Walter Greaves and his brother Harry followed Whistler wherever he went. Strutting, dandyish Whistler was glad to have them follow. The brothers affected bis flat, wide-brimmed black hat and yellow tie. They even signed his invitations with meticulous copies of the famous Whistler signature: a butterfly with a sting in its tail. Sitting on either side of their hero at a life class, they seldom looked at the model; their eyes were fixed on the Master's drawing. Sometimes Whistler would roll a cigaret and smoke it; the Greaves brothers solemnly copied him, puff...
Viruses are the cause of some of mankind's most deadly epidemic diseases-e.g., influenza, yellow fever, smallpox, infantile paralysis. But until a few years ago, nobody had ever seen a virus. Now, thanks to the electron microscope which makes them visible, biologists are able to study the viruses' submicroscopic world...
...Leandro, Calif, last week, housewives were exploring a new kind of super market. They entered through pale lemon-yellow portals, found themselves surrounded by soothing pastel-green walls and bright, indirectly lighted murals of leaves and ferns. On the lightweight aluminum carts awaiting them, a printed directory told where everything could be found. On the way out, they were pleasantly surprised to find plenty of checkers who kept things moving. They were also surprised to discover how much they had bought; the light carts held 2½ times as much as the ordinary basket...