Word: blacking
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...German-refugee cast wholly composed of non-Aryans who are Christians. Traditional British carol singing, usually done by amateur groups who stroll from door to door, take up a collection which they donate to charity, and are invited in for drinks, was abandoned this year because of the black-out and night bombing. Officials did all they could to see that Christmas celebrations took place indoors...
Until last week Japanese-Dutch negotiations on the Indies were as different from Japanese-French "negotiations" on Indo-China as black and white. The Japanese just walked into Indo-China in the face of French blustering. In The Netherlands Indies they got nowhere in the face of determined Dutch geniality...
...their campus are no priests or monks; 77% of them have gone on to non-Catholic colleges. Headmaster Hume (known to Canterburians as "the Doc") makes them study hard (eight classes a day). Each afternoon a Canterburian puts on a dark blue or grey suit, white shirt and black shoes (Eton collars and patent-leather pumps were discarded about ten years ago) for tea. Canterbury boys get no demerits, but for good behavior they get two extra days off at Christmas and Easter vacations. Few Canterburians misbehave, for few care to provoke Dr. Hume's anger, his great, booming...
...Boston's dumfounded fight fans booed and whistled. Joe Louis recently agreed to defend his championship once a month-against second-raters like Red Burman, Gus Dorazio, Tony Novak, Abe Simon. If the rest of this series of fights-cooked up by his co-managers, John Roxborough, Julian Black, and Promoter Mike Jacobs-make Louis look as mediocre as he did in Boston, they may not work out badly for Messrs. Roxborough and Black. They had scheduled Louis for an outdoor fight with Billy Conn next June. If by that time people think the champ is slipping, they...
...waiting, took new business offered by other sectors of defense. American Car & Foundry filled part of its echoing, long-empty car sheds with $21,500,000 in tank orders, which (along with nearly $30,000,000 of shells, armor plate, etc.) almost put its common back into the black. American Locomotive got $38,000,000 of Army orders, paid off $5 a share on preferred arrears. Even Pullman, ever faithful to the rails, took on some arms work. If defense traffic sends the roads into the equipment market next year, they will find a crowd ahead of them...