Word: doored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unguarded moment" in the Yalta record I missed-when F.D.R. appeared at the door of the conference room shouting, "Tunis, anyone...
...Churchill's long and dramatic career last week. Even a statesman with his great flair for drama could have asked for no more effective tableau. There at stage center, its polished brass numerals gleaming in the lamplight of London's Downing Street, was the famed, ebon-black door marked "10." Choking the narrow street but held back to a respectful distance by alert bobbies were crowds of Londoners whose suspenseful interest in the drama was drawn taut by the lack of printed news caused by a newspaper strike (see PRESS). At 8:30 a spatter of rain caught...
...street, the crowd waiting through this dazzling dinner at Downing Street speculated whether there would be any dramatic announcement that night. Next morning several hundred were still waiting and guessing. All morning they waited and talked, as the great men of the land went in and out the black door. By late afternoon there were more than 2,000 gawpers standing in the street. "I wish they'd tell us something," groused a photographer."! haven't eaten since last night...
...Palace. The door opened and an office worker popped out. Everyone laughed from sheer nervousness. At 4:25 the door opened once more and out stepped Winston Churchill, in striped pants, frock coat and topper. There was a sparse cheer or two, then suddenly the street rocked with three huge, earsplitting cheers of acclaim. A slight, sad smile crinkled the Churchillian features for a moment. Then, clamping firmly on his cigar, the Prime Minister climbed into his car and headed for Buckingham Palace...
...release of the trophy came so quietly after all this closed-door talk one wonders whether vacation-minded undergraduates two weeks ago realized its significance. Certainly the directors...