Word: donning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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A disgusted news correspondent at the other end of the line replied: "I'm talking about the King's visit to France . . . officially known to the press for two hours. Don't you know?"
The War Office's wish to keep the visit secret had been firmly overridden by George VI, who said: "My people have a right to know where I am, and I don't wish the first news ... to be reported by Lord Haw-Haw of Zeesen."
"Yes," said Diogenes. "Don't stand there between me and the sun."
"They haven't succeeded in taking a single prisoner. We don't fire automatic arms at present, so they can't get our positions.
Meanwhile, Composer Walton, who had hoped to be there on the night, was busy driving an ambulance somewhere in England. Wrote he, mournfully, in a letter to Violinist Heifetz: "I don't know when I will hear the concerto-perhaps never. I have been hoping that the performance will...