Word: gifting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...citizens are spending $10,000,000 a month for gift parcels to Germany. Mil itary Government officials called it "the most extensive spontaneous relief effort in history...
...dinner given by Army Secretary Kenneth Royall) to Army 5-in-1 rations (at the Quartermaster General's experimental kitchen). Brisk, soldierly and correct, he went out of his way to make friends, one day waddled into the White House to present President Truman with a gift from boss Peron-a small equestrian statue of Liberator Jose de San Martin. Along with the present went a little sales talk-a copy of Social Doctrine of President Peron inscribed by Juan Domingo to Harry Truman "with great affection...
Adams House members honored Mrs. Anna Reardon, a member of the dining hall staff for 14 years, with a gift check for $100, a corsage, and a pocketbook, at the evening meal yesterday. Housemaster David Mason Little '19 made the presentation in behalf of the students and resident faculty...
...reputation as a quiz queen has little relation to her general or specific knowledge. When she doesn't know the answer (which is most of the time) she glibly ad-libs anything that pops into her head. Quizmasters, who hate and fear "dead air," cherish her gift of gab."What's a Capulet?" Felton asked her recently. "Someone with a small size cap," was Sadie's assured reply. Felton: "What great events occurred between 1860 and 1870?" Sadie: "Terrible things. They had a centennial. Things was terrible. McKinley, Buchanan and Lincoln all was killed...
This oldtime, gosh-all-Friday comedy-drama is served up by people who obviously admire Writer-Director Preston Sturges and his cynical gift for playing both ends of a cliche against the audience's middle. Nothing is too stale or too simpleminded: a sheriff (William Demarest) trying to be heroic with one leg in a low-comedy plaster cast; a brat tormenting the neighborhood with trombone practice. But most of it is quite funny, and besides his feeling for slapstick and travesty, Director William Russell knows how to shade in some sharp authenticity. The most redolent blend of realism...