Word: high
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Bangkok, a communique by Thailand's High Command gave out that Siamese forces had repelled an invasion by 24 French guerrillas mounted on two elephants, a bicycle, three horses...
...tall (5 ft. 11 in.), gaunt (140 lb.), begoggled man with close-cropped greying hair and parchmentlike skin which had a tendency to chap and crack in winter time. He had a large nose, deeply indentured cheeks, an exaggeratedly erect carriage. His walk was peculiar: legs stiff, knees high, feet thrown toward the outside and brought down hard on each heel-a modified civilian goose step. He usually wore high brown shoes of English make, white shirts with starched bosoms and cuffs. His voice (deep, resonant, deliberate) and demeanor were those of a parson...
Cautious, publicity-shy Adam Gimbel, president of Saks Fifth Avenue, was the No. 1 pre-war U. S. buyer of Paris high-style merchandise. But "Skap's" stand made him see red. His wife Sophie had recently completed showing her own custom-made midseason collection, without any help from Paris, was full of excitement about fine textiles and exclusive gewgaws that she had been able to coax out of hitherto mass-production-minded U. S. manufacturers. Said Mr. Gimbel: "The Paris of the old days is not the Paris under totalitarian government. Schiaparelli is either misguided-or under...
...former insane asylum at Tost, a small village in the monotonous sugar-beet flatlands of Upper Silesia. Wodehouse has been there since the prison camp was created last September. No Castle Blandings, his prison is a big, brick, T-shaped, three-storied structure with many barred windows, high brick & wooden walls. A small military garrison runs and guards the camp. Central heating is said to be good, sanitation adequate. There are hospital facilities...
...camp holds some 1,000 British civilians caught by the Nazis in the Low Countries, Scandinavia, France, on the high seas. Wodehouse is one of a group of 60 who share a long dormitory with double-decker bunks. They are allowed to use the high-walled prison yard at any time. But they must eat, sleep, get up by military schedule. Food is reported to be the same ration given German civilians-one course of stew with bread on the side. There is hot water daily, but baths only every ten days. Prisoners have only the clothes they brought along...