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Far More Than Just a Beautiful Face – Lauren Bacall’s 30 Most Glamorous Moments in the 1940s and 1950s
Since she strutted her way onto the screen as a teenager in the 1940s, Lauren Bacall has smoldered over American culture as a unmistakable presence of pure charisma. One of the great sharp-tongued heroines of the noir years, she’d eventually grow into a great lady of the American theater — all the while maintaining an outsized personality, both on and off the screen. A child of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, Bacall turned her name into a synonym for class and style. Here are some of the great moments of an absolutely dazzling life.
| Posing for a portrait, 1943. |
| Showing off her signature “Look,” 1943. |
| Bacall makes her movie debut in the wartime thriller “To Have and Have Not,” 1943. |
| Donning a black beret and overcoat, 1944. |
| Sitting cross-legged with her hands on her hips in a jumpsuit, 1944. |
Apple disables its own news app in China to comply with censorship
Apple has prevented users from accessing its Apple News app while on the mainland in a move designed to appease Chinese censors.
Source: Apple disables its own news app in China to comply with censorship
Pinned to Viva la Raza on Pinterest
Description: Revolución Mexicana – La Chamuscada
By Ned Hamson
Pinned to Viva la Raza on Pinterest
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Pinned to Viva on Pinterest
Pinned to Viva on Pinterest
Pinned to Viva on Pinterest
Peltier named Grand Marshal of Albuquerque’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration
Leonard Peltier named Grand Marshal of Albuquerque’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration
By Peter Clark, Co-Director
International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info
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Turkey reels from twin blasts at Ankara peace demo
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged unity after two blasts in Turkey’s capital killed scores of leftist and Kurdish activists. The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party claims the state was to blame.
Thousands protest in Turkey after deadly suicide bombings
Thousands of citizens have protested on the streets of Ankara against the bombings that killed at least 95 people and left 246 wounded. Some protesters carried placards with the words, “The state is a killer.”
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