Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though the policemen demanded a recount, General Otero was unmoved. He denied the whole incident and saw to it that his daughter was crowned. "Mexicans," he explained, "do not know how to lose." But General Otero knew how a winner should act. To appease his daughter's competitors-all princesses of the festivals-he invited them to a gala luncheon. As Moy and her princesses plunged into a week of parties, even the traffic police forgot about the squabble...
Secretary of State Dean Acheson was just the man for the job, declared Hearstling Handwriting Expert Muriel Stafford, after a look at the crisp Acheson script. "It is interesting," she pointed out, "that both General Marshall and Dean Acheson write a firm, left-slanted writing. Both are reserved men, clear, swift thinkers, and strong willed . . . Dean Acheson has the added gift of intuition, shown in his quickly written, disconnected writing ... Low capitals indicate a modest man . . . he is also extremely literary. This is a cultured writing in the finest sense of the word...
...Washington, where he is serving as temporary chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower came down with a "severe case of acute gastro-enteritis," had to cancel all dates. After a week in bed, he was able to get out of town for "a complete rest" in Key West...
...Berlin, Brigadier General Frank Howley, commandant of the American zone, had to be patched up for minor cuts about the face. An unidentified civilian tried to crash the party given by some correspondents to celebrate Howley's promotion from colonel. Before he was given the bum's rush, the crasher threw his drink, glass & all, into Howley's face...
...College of Literature, Science and the Arts decided to find out about its own faculty. Last December it asked its 7,500 students to fill out a questionnaire, marking their professors and instructors on such points as 1) clarity, 2) intellectual honesty, 3) fairness in grading, and 4) general effectiveness. Last week, with 410 faculty members graded, the university began to add up the score...