Word: downheartedness
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Without additional U.S. aid (which Washington has already refused), France might soon be in for more trouble. But "Lucky" Pinay refused to be downhearted. Last month, vacationing at Aix-les-Bains in the French Alps, he ran into a gypsy in front of his hotel. The gypsy grasped the Premier...
And were they downhearted? Not a bit of it. As soon as his feet had healed, Jim Maxwell went climbing in New Hampshire; Dave ordered a pair of custom boots, laid in a fresh supply of hubris, and set out to climb the Selkirks in British Columbia.
Unfortunately, none of the essays told Roger Babson how to make an anti-gravity screen. First Prizewinner David T. Wittry of the University of Wisconsin ($1,000) described historical attempts, all failures. Second Prizewinner C. Peter Johnson Jr. of Harvard ($500) dived into unproductive mathematics. Third Prizewinner: John C. Cook...
British sewing circles went into a tizzy when a news photograph of Princess Elizabeth's private desk showed an ash tray and what looked like a cigarette box. The London Daily Express speculated whether the princess smoked in secret. Ready to believe the worst, a crestfallen spokesman for the...
But the builders were far from downhearted. There was still a tremendous demand from low-income families ($1,800 to $5,000 a year) for cheap houses. Builders hoped to put up 350,000 to 450,000 "economy homes" in 1949, priced from $4,300 to $8,500. Material costs...