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By the end of the Second World War, makeup had become wholesome, even patriotic, albeit decidedly feminine.
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Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2024
Sails have been propelling ships all over the world for millennia and were still used for commercial transport until after the Second World War.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
Our hunger, since the Second World War, has become rapacious.
—Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
The watch is part of a selection of first editions, manuscripts, ephemera, and personal items belonging to Winston Churchill, the former UK Prime Minister who saw Britain and the Allies through the Second World War.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 29 July 2024
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Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2024
Sails have been propelling ships all over the world for millennia and were still used for commercial transport until after the Second World War.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
Our hunger, since the Second World War, has become rapacious.
—Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
The watch is part of a selection of first editions, manuscripts, ephemera, and personal items belonging to Winston Churchill, the former UK Prime Minister who saw Britain and the Allies through the Second World War.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 29 July 2024
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