Word: englishes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Czechoslovakia went down the river. English diplomatic prestige took a beating. But Neville Chamberlain stopped a World...
...Balkan standards Prince Paul, product of the free atmosphere of English university life, promised to be a more liberal ruler than Alexander. Once he mourned: "If I only had more time!" There was ever present the danger that a neighboring country might start to subsidize a Croatian autonomy movement, that the Germans or Hungarians might really get restless. Carefully Prince Paul at first tried to pull the diverse peoples of Yugoslavia into a working unit, scrupulously conferring with Croatian leaders. But within a year all thought of appeasement had gone by the board. Typical Yugoslav election is now cynically described...
Sever plays the part of Mr. Puff, a playwright; Palmer Baker '39 and Vernon Hodges '34 are cast as Mr. Sneer and Mr. Dangle, critics who accompany Puff to the dress rehearsal of his Elizabethan verse tragedy called "The Spanish Armada." Miss Spencer is Tilburina, the English heroine of the play under rehearsal, and John Barnard '39 is her faithful Spanish lover, Don Whiskerandes...
...When the Munich Pact was signed, he returned his decorations to the King. Under its grand title and despite isolated passages of startling invective, The Decline and Fall of the British Empire seems petty, and its criticism is so undiscriminating that readers may fear Briffault would not like the English even if they were good...
Just before England Expects Every American To Do His Duty was published in England, the English Speaking Union called a private meeting which began with a discussion of the book, developed into an argument about Anthony Eden's looks. Rothermere papers printed Mr. Howe's picture, an alarmed, defensive expression on his features, captioned "Does Grave Disservice to Peace." When With Malice Toward Some came along, English readers observed gravely that it was a pity Margaret Halsey had not met the right people. But with the publication of The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, it looked...