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...conscience which had afflicted it during World War II. Nobody was demanding that men chop the cuffs off their pants, or that women make bandages and adopt a look of austerity. Advertisements for piecrust mix and plumbing plungers made no pretense at all that the product was being gotten out as a reward to "the boys" overseas. There had been no revival of such phrases as "The home front" and "Don't you know there...
...Third Man. Melodrama in postwar Vienna, written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed; with Joseph Gotten, Orson Welles and Valli (TIME...
Never before had a New York cop gotten such a turnout-not even the late Police Commissioner Lewis Valentine nor any policeman killed in line of duty...
...with gamblers was brought up by two of his former deputies. One of them, Richard Howden, told the investigators that the other, one Tom ("Sailor") Burke, had been the sheriff's "bag man," had delivered $36,000 in payoff money to the sheriff's wife and had gotten signed receipts for the boodle. Burke, however, heatedly denied the charge. That sort of thing, he strongly implied, was unlawful...
Such loyal discretion and faithful service deserve their reward, and Crawfie has gotten it. She and her husband, whom she wed in 1947, now have free lodging in one of the King's Grace and Favour Houses, royal properties which the King traditionally may turn over on a lifetime lease to deserving subjects...