Word: formals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Earnest Rex Tugwell is not noted for his tact. Gradually the more formal Puerto Ricans began to grumble at his blunt, abrupt handling of affairs. Sugar interests griped at his close association with swart, spaniel-eyed Luis Muñoz Marín, liberal President of the Senate (who once warned his followers forcefully: "Distrust all politicians-even me''). Officials' wives complained that Mrs. Tugwell was aloof...
...misunderstanding. The police had issued a formal order to newspapers not to publish: 1) Congress debates on foreign policy and the state of siege; 2) the fact that they were thus forbidden (TIME, June 8). Then the Senate protested, called on Minister of the Interior Miguel J. Culaciati to explain...
...formal luncheon, Acting President Castillo privately inquired of his neighbor: "Who is the chef de protocole?" He was told: "A friend of Moreno." Equally puzzled Governor Moreno, making an identical inquiry, was reassured: "He is a friend of Castillo...
...safely, 300-year-old ritual, solemnizing the awards of nearly 2,000 degrees, opened with the colorful formal academic procession when the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth, the Mayors of Boston and Cambridge, and other public officials, officers of the Army and the Navy, dignitaries of the church, and candidates for degrees, alumni, and special guests, in cap and gown or other formal attire solemnly marched into Sever Quadrangle...
They have achieved a formal unity of command in specific theaters-MacArthur in Australia, Admiral Nimitz in the Pacific, General Andrews in the Panama Canal area, etc. Yet in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Army bombed the Jap Fleet for three days without knowing, till Army pilots found the Navy in action, that the Navy was coming in too. Last fortnight came evidence that the Navy is keeping secrets from its Army superiors even in the vital Canal Zone (TIME, June 1). The minds of generals and admirals, although much improved by six months' education in real...