Word: irishman
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...sister married an Irishman...
...Hollywood alchemists, Harry Patterson becomes Clark Gable, a noisy, sociable bosun, while the seagoing philosopher is a broken-down Irish deck hand (Thomas Mitchell). Trouble begins when the two of them drift into the San Francisco Public Library to do a little research on the matter of the Irishman's soul. There, looking icy and poised behind her librarian's desk, is Miss Garson. She seems bright enough to know a lot about the soul, not bright enough to steer clear of Gable...
George Bernard Shaw, Irish advocate of a phonetic English alphabet (see EDUCATION), decided to give Eire his early manuscripts. Dublin had asked for them, and "as an Irishman I regarded that request in the nature of a command." It was no Christmas present, said he, for "I don't have anything to do with Christmas. I'm a civilized human being...
...whom nobody could understand. Isn't that funny? . . . Charlie McCarthy and Margaret O'Brien visited Santa Claus and were chased back to earth by an atom-run train. . . . This is how it goes on Danny Kaye's show, week after week: 'My sister married an Irishman.' . . . 'Oh, really?' . . . 'No. O'Reilly.' ". . . Mrs. Anthony, what is the easiest way to smash a radio...
...fill the overseas job left vacant by Eisenhower, the Army picked 62-year-old Air General Joseph T. McNarney, dour, black-browed Irishman who served most of the war as Marshall's deputy in Washington. To take Nimitz' place, the Navy picked Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance, able, unspectacular commander of the famous Fifth Fleet. As Spruance stepped in, his spectacular alternate in the Pacific campaign-Admiral "Bull" Halsey, boss of the Third Fleet-hauled down his flag, remarked, "I deem it necessary for men of my age [63] to step aside," and walked ashore, headed for private life...