When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the living.
In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver.
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Jane Darwell, Actress (1879) |
Paige Davis, Actress (1969) |
Sarah Ferguson, (1959) |
John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist (1908) |
Lee Iacocca, Businessman (1924) |
Tito Jackson, Musician (1953) |
Abdul Kalam, Statesman (1931) |
Emeril Lagasse, Celebrity (1959) |
Linda Lavin, Actress (1937) |
Vincent Canby, Critic (2000) |
Mata Hari, Dancer (1917) |
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Coach (1852) |
Randall Jarrell, Poet (1965) |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Poet (1838) |
Pierre Laval, Politician (1945) |