Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seems a very logical political move. He's a very admirable man, and this is just like the appointment of Charles Evans Hughes. I look forward to a distinguished Chief Justiceship. And I'm pretty sure he'll take a stand against segregation; he's a good American, isn...
...railway clerks seem to be just as valuable to the state as "pioneers" who are willing to swelter in the Negev desert to grow tomatoes which could be more cheaply produced in Galilee. Said one young Israeli: "It seems as if Zionism was a sort of Benzedrine which isn't working any more. And we don't know what to take in its place. But we do feel that the state has failed us - without exactly knowing...
...Being caught between two opposing sides in a cold war isn't fun," said Alf Hall. He pestered British officialdom with requests that he be reposted to Moscow, begged them to pressure the Russians to grant Clara's visa. This militancy was not appreciated by the Foreign Office, which believes its juniors should tend to their tasks and keep out of trouble. "For blotting my copybook," as he put it, Hall was transferred to the Commonwealth Relations Office. Later, he was posted to Ottawa as assistant to Novelist Nicholas (The Cruel Sea) Monsarrat in the Commonwealth press office...
What about Franco's Spain, a reporter inquired: isn't that a fact, too? Attlee agreed that it was, but "would regret it personally" if Spain were admitted to the U.N. He doubted that Spain would "subscribe to the principles of the United Nations...
...scene switches to Mount Olympus, where Jupiter is having trouble with his wife Juno. She berates him for his old trick of assuming the shape of a shepherd, a bull or a swan for purposes of dalliance ("Though the girls are squeezable," leers Cupid, "with a swan it isn't feasible"). Jupiter (well sung and acted by Baritone Ralph Herbert) takes Juno and the other gods on a junket to Hades, where they bump into Eurydice; after a few random shots from Cupid's bow, everything ends in a happy shambles. The "go-to-hell" joke is worked...