Word: willingness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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In Hollywood, where actresses traditionally shun fleshy publicity poses once they become stars, pressagents gingerly asked 42-year-old Barbara Stanwyck to get into a bathing suit for some photographs. Barbara beamed: "I've been perfectly willing to pose for cheesecake art, but nobody ever asked me."
Let me summarize the easy arguments for giving aid to Tito. We are told it will show anti-Russian (nationalist) groups in other Iron Curtain countries that the U. S. is willing to be friends, to play the kindly uncle to Stalin's stern father. This may or may not...
From the press table (where he was sitting as Newsweek's military columnist), retired General Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, 58, former Air Force Chief of Staff, shouted: "Am I supposed to be a witness here?" He added: "If I didn't make that statement, I'm willing to...
For such pleasures, the art theaters' customers seem increasingly willing to pay premium prices (up to $2.40) while admission prices elsewhere are slipping. Because the theaters are small, the runs are long.
The new government got a new flag. Against a red ground, it has one large yellow star, symbolizing Communist Party leadership, and four smaller yellow stars, symbolizing workers, farmers, petty bourgeoisie and national capitalists. Chairman Mao proclaimed: "This government is willing to establish diplomatic relations with any foreign government . . ."