Word: darkness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Court. The Navy got its full day in open court after one of its most noted fighting men did some quick footwork in the dark. Captain John Crommelin (who is eligible to become a rear admiral in December) had charged that the Navy was "being nibbled to death in the Pentagon" by "landlocked" strategists. His unruly blast had created only a short stir (TIME, Sept. 26). Last week, more than ever determined to get a formal investigation of his charges, John Crommelin took more desperate action...
More & More. On the first vote, the Young-Russell amendment went down by the hairline margin of 38 to 37. But the fight had just begun. Just before dark, the Senate voted to reconsider its decision, and deadlocked at 37 to 37. At that point Vice President Alben Barkley spoke up. "The position of the chair," he said, "has been in favor of support at 90%. In every speech he made last year he declared the same position. He cannot now repudiate it, and therefore votes...
...Always carry the daily papers when on the prowl early in the evening ... it looks like a person coming home from the office . . . wear Moose, Elks or K.C. ring . . . Pose as blind with dog and dark glasses while prowling . . . use white skins of eggs over eyeballs . . . Good clothes to be inconspicuous . . . live in best hotels ... It is easy to commit a crime, as the police never prevent ... Do not lose the sense of danger while prowling ... on the day a criminal decides he is smarter than the police, he moves that much closer ... to capture...
...Sleeping Beauty. There was one Russian dancer: Violetta Elvin, but she is married to a Briton who brought her out of Moscow after World War II. The two stars with the brightest shine were born in Surrey and Fifeshire: dark-haired Margot Fonteyn (TIME, April 15, 1946) and red-haired Moira (The Red Shoes) Shearer. The leading male dancer, Robert Helpmann, is somewhat of a foreigner-from Australia. Chief Choreographer Frederick (Cinderella, Facade) Ashton was born in Ecuador of British parents. Some of the ballets had unmistakably British subjects, among them The Rake's Progress (De Valois) and Hamlet...
Financial worries have plagued the band throughout its history and they started early. From the beginning there was no money for essentials, so a series of tea dances was organized., Wearing dark coats and pants the budding band's members performed at these which were held in the Union...