Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...comment on Mr. Wallace's hair, see PEOPLE...
...account of this distortion I am not surprised at your caption and comment. It is too bad that you did not have an opportunity to see the actual plaque, which only slightly idealizes Roosevelt...
...prickly problem of Pakistan (a separate Moslem State) the Working Committee had already hedged: Congress would oppose partition, but, if unsuccessful, it would not compel seceding Moslems to stay inside a Hindu India. From the Moslem League and its canny, cagey president, Mohamed Ali Jinnah, came no comment. He was too busy preparing his campaign in the northwest, heart of the hypothetical Moslem State...
Meanwhile, Japanese complained that Tokyo newspapers had not published war criminal lists. There was bitter derision for Tojo's suicide failure and favorable comment on those officials who gave themselves up. When Tokyo papers (on direction from MacArthur's headquarters) published accounts of atrocities suffered by U.S. prisoners, Japanese asked that they be allowed to arrest, try and punish their own criminals...
...game series between the rowdy Pittsburgh Pirates and the noisy Brooklyn Dodgers. Umpire George Barr called Pirate Bob Elliott out at home, and got not-too-gently pushed for his pains. He promptly ordered Elliott out of the game. When Manager Frank (ex-"Fordham Flash") Frisch hurled a caustic comment from the bench, he too got the royal thumb. Elliott drew a $50 fine from National League president Ford Frick; Frisch was fined...