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...reason was old but still good. As the sober Economist put it: "This is a crisis of leadership as well as of confidence. The two go together. Mr. Churchill is still the only possible leader; and a Parliament which sought to bring him down might well bring down Parliament itself...
...basic cosmetics (powder, rouge, lipstick, cold cream) are "essential"-though favorite brands and esoteric colors and concoctions may disappear. Because distilleries are making alcohol for munitions and synthetic rubber, gin will get scarce; so will some whiskeys. But U.S. liquor stocks on the whole add up to perhaps a sober four-year supply. Most seriously threatened U.S. pastime is travel; most seriously threatened U.S. comfort is servants, handymen, and repairmen (because of the draft and war jobs for women); to the extent that it is real "suffering" for the citizen to have to stay at home more...
...arrived to try to arrange Lend-Lease supplies for Greek forces in Palestine, and to raise food for the dying, despairing population of his conquered country. It was a new, sober life for the tall, handsome, 51 -year-old, once easy going ruler...
...Lutheran pastor, in sober black clerical gown, stood up in his pulpit at Woodstock, Va. and preached with godly fervor and patriotic warmth. "There is a time for all things," he ended, "a time to preach and a time to pray. But there is also a time to fight, and that time has now come...
Usually hopeful of being able to work up a little conventional froth over spirited Mrs. Hutchins' unconventional work, Chicagoans could do nothing but admire Young Mother. The artist's other offerings-terra cotta heads and oil paintings-were sober, sound and slight. Views of the University of Chicago's Hutchins family-especially of Daughter Franja-were plentiful. The artist portrayed her striking self as long-necked, with large black eyes, long black hair simply bobbed, a long and narrow face. Her husband was rendered with a brooding face against a red background...