Word: english
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...homespun shirt and a white Gandhi cap for his high bald crown. He is Panditji-literally, Mister Scholar -to his people. To most of them his Cambridge speech is unintelligible, nor is he himself quite at ease in the Hindu vernaculars. The mass of Indians cannot read his prolific English writings. Nonetheless, he has followed in Gandhi's footsteps as a popular national hero...
...Depending on whether they read their news in English or French, Montrealers last week got different slants on the same story. The French-language press reported that a man named Taillefer had pleaded guilty to five charges of keeping and selling narcotics. English papers were more specific: the man was the Rev. Arthur Taillefer, curate of the Roman Catholic Church of Ste.-Madeleine d'Outremont. In the prisoner's dock at the Palais de Justice, Father Taillefer had confessed that he was a key figure in the biggest narcotics ring ever uncovered in Montreal...
...believe we of England have a harmonious feeling for Southern women," observed Gertrude Lawrence, who will play the Southern mother in the movie version of The Glass Menagerie. "They are usually reposed, quiet-spoken and gentle in their manner. You'll find that true of most English women...
...this waste of space and money be halted? The FORUM has a few suggestions. First, rooms should be big, but they should also be flexible. By moving partitions and furniture, a classroom should be capable of being turned from the "English room" to the art room to the geography room in a matter of seconds...
...last word . . . superb musician . . . we're all very happy." Said new Conductor Münch himself in tentative English: the orchestra was "good," the enthusiasm from the audience "difficile" to explain...