Word: youthful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...writing this letter as an act of faith in the destiny of our country. . . . My request is that you consider the merits of a young American youth of goodly heritage-Colin P. Kelly, III-for appointment as a Cadet in the United States Military Academy at West Point. I make this appeal in behalf of this youth as a token of the Nation's appreciation of the heroic services of his father, who met death in line of duty at the very outset of the struggle which was thrust upon us by the perfidy of a professed friend...
...headquarters was in a commandeered apartment house in Washington. Last September, Mrs. Roosevelt, who had been faintly critical, moved in as assistant director. Young (21), dimpled Jane Seaver, dew-fresh out of Mt. Holyoke, was appointed to the task of organizing youth. Other lady colleagues moved in. Mrs. Henry Morgenthau Jr., perched next to Mrs. Roosevelt, mysteriously shuffled papers, kept mum. The Little Flower flapped his wings, screeched orders, left behind many a moist hanky clenched in an angry fist...
...Anthony Drexel Biddle received a present in London for the relief of child air-raid victims in Hawaii. The present: gs i id in pennies. The donors: child air-raid victims in the East End Youth Hostel...
Best thing about Genesee Fever is the wealth of Carmer's authentic, affectionately painted regional period detail. He makes such dusty props as oiled-paper windows, Conestoga wagons and Liberty Poles as fresh as a glimpse at the youth of one's greatgrandparents; makes a succulent novelty of such frontier diet as pickerel, wild turkey, the bright yellow Indian corn...
Best Foot Forward (TIME, Oct. 13). A tuneful, frisky musical with "Youth on the prow and Pleasure at the helm...