Word: alterations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...High Commissioner is a diplomatic officer, represents Britain when she deals with her dominion as a colleague. The Governor General is an alter ego of the King, represents Britain when she deals with her dominion as a sovereign...
Members of the Class of 1941 who received awards are: B. D. Shea, R. P. Stevens, Nathan Belfer, Wingate Green, Gerald Alter, J. W. Cooper, E. A. Campbell, Lorence Rapoport, J. P. Driscoll, Felix Heimberg, and Charles Backett...
...that Hopkins was to be appointed Ambassador to take Joe Kennedy's place. Someone else would get that job, which Hopkins was in no physical, political or diplomatic condition to fill. But as nearly as any man can be, nervous, thin, trigger-quick Harry Hopkins has become the alter ego of Franklin Roosevelt. Since last spring he has lived in the White House...
...alone simply did not fill the bill. Even the biggest companies (Boeing, Douglas, Curtiss-Wright, et al.) had a lot to learn about mass production and mass planning. So did the Army, the Navy and the British, whose frequent (and often necessary) changes in specification forced the manufacturers to alter their aluminum orders, further delayed delivery by ALCOA. Many a peewee aircraft maker was still in industrial kindergarten, where ALCOA was bound to look more like an arrogant giant than a beneficent mentor...
Twelfth Night (by William Shakespeare; The Theatre Guild-Gilbert Miller, Producers) was first produced on Candlemas Day, Feb. 2, 1602, in London's Middle Temple Hall, which a few weeks ago was struck by a Nazi bomb. Neither bombs nor centuries seriously alter Shakespeare's comedy. It can be richly indecent as in Measure for Measure, swift and slapstick as in The Taming of the Shrew. It can also be very mild, very mannered-as in Twelfth Night. The Guild production of the play is exquisite, but the net effect is that of a high ritual of antique...