Word: clue
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...least four meanings-"the literal meaning of the words; and then what Christine thinks I mean; and the associational ideas in my mind, drawn from individual experience; and then the equivalent but entirely different points of reference in Christine's mind, to which I have no clue." Many a reader who admires Critic Paterson's flip newspaper way will shake a puzzled head over If It Prove Fair Weather. Those who are not scared off by its slow and mazy manner will enjoy its seriousness and sly competence...
...under Axis duress and surrender their ships remained a major question. Bulk of the French Navy was believed to be in the Eastern Mediterranean. When the commandant of the naval base at Toulon announced that he and his men would fight on regardless of the armistices, that seemed a clue to the temper of French naval forces in the West. The French had been operating since September under direction of the British Admiralty. Presumably most of their ships were within Britain's power to hold and reman, if the personnel withdrew to save their relatives at home from punishment...
...Reynaud has given Mr. Churchill a clear lead." If & when this was accomplished, the Era of Appeasement would be finally dead, buried and forgotten, if unforgiven. If defeat could be postponed, what would be the nature of the new Allied phase? Best clue to the answer was to be found in what followed last week's French purge...
...clue to Lewis' poor showing: "Who do you think is most to blame for the present conflict between the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O.-John L. Lewis or William Green?" Lewis, said 39.4%; both, said 21.6%; Green, said 11.0%; neither, said 3.8%; 24.2% did not know...
Wonderful is British school boys' slang. Derived from Latin, classical literature and centuries of schoolboy gibberish, it is as much a trademark of public (British for private) schools as the old school tie. It is also a clue to the character of British public schoolboys. Last week Britons able to take their minds off death in Flanders could amuse themselves with an authoritative new dictionary of schoolboys' slang (Public School Slang, by Morris Marples -Constable...