Word: gadding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...House of Commons, the new Labor Government proposed a five-year extension of the tight wartime controls on labor, prices, transport, building. Tories Gad-sirred that such stuff would leave Parliament "nothing more than a Reichstag." At home recovering from a sore throat, Winston Churchill croaked of "drastic departures from our . . . way of life. . . ." The bright beacon on Big Ben's tower burned late that night, telling home-going Britons that their Parliament was still at work. Members stoked themselves with snacks and drinks. After midnight came the inevitable Labor victory: 306 votes...
...same meeting the club elected new officers for the spring term. Succeeding Thomas H. Gad '44 of the V-12 as president is Thomas H. Phillips, Jr. '47 NROTC. Also elected to office were Charles F. Mansfield '47 as vice-president and Seabury G. Quinn, Jr. '47 as secretary. William E. Sullivan '45 and Hibbard G. James '46 were elected to the executive committee...
...inevitably more artificial than ordinary expression. By exaggerating this artificiality, Alfred de Musset's "A Door Must Be Open or Shut" makes an excellent curtain-raiser; it makes the James play appear less artificial in contrast. The French play depends for its effect largely on polish, and Thomas Gad and Evelyn Mersen have achieved the perfection that makes this dramatization of an aphorism humorous and striking...
Edward C. Franklin '48 and Miss Leslie Paul of Radcliffe will play the leading roles in "Owen Wingrave," while Thomas H. Gad of the V-12, and Miss Evelyn J. Merson of Radcliffe are featured in the French drama...
...Grill last Saturday--so they say. Word from Batt Comm Brocker says that the differences in atmosphere between the Hasty Pudding Club and Miss Inglis' headache are negligible. Fred "No relation to the Ale" Ballentine is rumored to have stumbled on something while renewing acquaintances at American Airlines recently. Gad, the luck of some people...