Word: duff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These were typical of the angry, worried words which flew in the capital of the British Empire last week when it was learned that Singapore, farthest-flung fortress of the Empire, was in grave danger. But the warning was amiss. The Government dispensed no syrup. It appointed Alfred Duff Cooper, onetime Secretary of State for War, onetime First Lord of the Admiralty, onetime Minister of Information, who has been in Singapore for 15 weeks, to be Resident Minister for Far Eastern Affairs. He will have Cabinet rank, will be equal, if not superior, to Commander in Chief Air Chief Marshal...
...eventuality." > "We are in a position to handle any war situation that may arise." > "As long as we are awake and Japan sees it. I think the situation will remain as it is." > "We have had plenty of warning and our preparations are made and tested."* By contrast, Minister Duff Cooper's first statement was neither sweet nor soothing: "Let us not blind ourselves to the gravity of the situation or the seriousness of the task that awaits us. Let us frankly admit that so far the Japanese have been extremely successful." The Japanese were alarmingly successful: 1) Britain...
Married. John Clark Burgard Jr., 18, stepson of Baritone Lawrence Mervil Tibbett; and Jean Ewing Duff, 18; in Wilton, Conn...
...suite at Manhattan's Hotel Ambassador last week, newshawks were treated to a firsthand account of British farming in wartime. The agricultural expert was blonde, 49-year-old Lady Diana Duff Cooper, for many years "The Most Beautiful Woman in England," famed for her playing of the Madonna in Max Reinhardt's The Miracle. With her Cabinet Minister husband, Alfred Duff Cooper, she was en route to the Far East, where he will act as coordinator of Britain's war efforts...
Promptly came an assorted roar from the London press. While the Mirror screamed Right and the Times murmured Wrong, and Duff Cooper voiced approval of the broadcast, the public split neatly in three. Group One contended Wodehouse was an artist who shouldn't be held responsible; Group Two said Wodehouse was wrong indeed, but that attacks like Connor's were in execrable taste; Group Three was for more all-out acid-throwing instead of BBC's usual drawing-room argument...