Word: know
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...typical schoolboy. His performance in this 1933 film is classic; whether historically accurate or not, the picture of Henry VIII in the mind of the average man today is Laughton's creation. In the same way, the history of Henry's last four marriages which most people know is really the script of this film. Maxwell Anderson's current creation on Broadway may create a new Henry for the popular taste, but so far the Laughton version still rules. Elsa Lanchester, Laughton's real wife, really goes to town with that nebulous character, Anne of Cleves...
...also become important owners of U.S. business. In many big corporations (U.S. Steel, General Motors, A.T. & T., etc.) women stockholders outnumber men. And sooner or later, most women have to take on the job of managing their husbands' estates. Yet few women are trained in money management, or know anything about interpreting balance sheets...
...Anyhow," commented one prospective racer, "If I get there first, I know I'll have a sure thing...
...Fourth of July and a young Englishman found it most amusing to tell his American acquaintances that "in England we call it 'Thanks-giving.'" He kept repeating his joke until an American girl remarked that she had always supposed the British called it Christmas. The Englishman wanted to know...
...nice to know that among Harvard's students there are two who are not perfect little Anglophiles, wholly ashamed of their own country. Of course, they may have spoken in defense of it merely because they were assigned to that side of the discussion, but if they were insincere, they managed to hide it. Possibly the day will yet come when Harvard men of their view will find their way into the state department. Today the department has no lack of Harvard men. What it needs is patriots...