Word: lende
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...battle sounds so recently stilled in Europe and Asia re-echoed last week in Venezuela. Lend-Leased U.S. planes and armored cars were among the weapons. When the shooting eased off, rebels were in control and Venezuela had a new Gov ernment, advertised as leftist and prodemocratic...
Although Americans may wonder why (Bob Hope, who was born in England, confesses: "It's too fast for me"), ITMA doubles up its British listeners. Puns like "Farewell to the night shifts of Dover" or "the lease lend the soonest mended" are a Handley trademark. So are topical quips like "I haven't laughed so much since Errol Flynn captured Burma." ITMA's rapid-fire cacophony of explosions, whistles, popguns, yawps, quacks and trambells draws enthusiastic letters from Continental listeners, who can't understand English, but find the sound effects screamingly funny...
...Wind," Robert Sherwood has, as is his went, a moral for Americans. He has changed his views somewhat in the past five years. His last play, "There Shall Be No Night," praised the valiant Finns in their struggle against tyranny; "The Rugged Path snarls at business men who decry lend lease to the Soviet Union...
...Jurisdiction over the disposal of returned Lend-Lease equipment...
...that he was furious on two counts: 1) because FEA's handling of surplus property abroad had gone to the State Department; 2) because he had been fighting a minority battle against easy terms to the British. Banker minded Leo Crowley, who had suggested the brusque termination of Lend-Lease to Britain, wanted no part of arrangements with England such as grants-in-aid or non-interest-bearing loans...