Word: playgrounds
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...loses its place, must then file nominating papers to get back on. Signatures on Communist nominating petitions were being investigated by the Dies Committee and American Legionnaires, turned over to local prosecutors. Many a signer told investigators he had thought he was approving a new schoolhouse or playground...
...extent of the censorship was the brief announcement last week that Great Britain had sent 200 additional censors to its sunny Atlantic playground. Bedded in the tourist-barren Bermudiana Hotel, the new arrivals faced a prodigious job in catching up on the volume of accumulated U. S mail. Tons of it had piled up since last August when all American Export Line ships-although not allowed to carry passengers to or from Bermuda-had been going over 400 miles out of their way to allow Bermuda stevedores to come aboard and take off mailbags. There was also a great accumulation...
...believe Dr. Goebbels, post-war France was a politicians' playground, a hotbed of lewdness and corruption. If we are to believe "The Baker's Wife," it was a land of savory white bread and sparkling wine, the home of wholesome earthiness and tender charm. Whatever the historical truth, "The Baker's Wife" should manage to please everybody: Dr. Goebbels, because of its solid portion of "blood and soil"; and all the others, because of its warm humanity and charming malice...
...nurse ushered them in. The children sat in its red leather chairs, hobbled up its ramps (just for exercise, the school had a few stairs to its observation tower), found handrails along every wall, adjustable chairs and tables, two lavatories, a drinking fountain and a grassy outdoor playground next to each classroom. Other equipment: arts & crafts shops, sewing machines, two model kitchens...
...playground superintendents the Windsors are well experienced, will find the routine of Nassau reassuringly similar to that of the Riviera. To the swank Jungle Club go top-flight visiting Nassau socialites to dine, to the equally swank Bahamian Club for dancing or gambling. On nearby Hog Island are the tennis courts and swimming pools of the exclusive Porcupine Club. Below green-shuttered Government House are the warm waters of Nassau harbor, crowded with sleek yachts and fishing launches. Two hours flight away is the Florida coast and its U.S. winter resorts. The cartoonists of the U. S. press were quick...