Word: lettered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...should like to pass on to TIME readers a suggestion made recently by a letter writer to a Boston newspaper...
Navy Under Secretary, to draft the "anonymous" letter charging the Air Force- baselessly, as Worth had admitted-with corruption in the procurement of the B-36 (TIME, Sept. 5). He had hoped, he said, to set off an investigation that would let the Navy explain its opposition to the whole unification...
...King of Great Britain, feeling the need of friends and funds, sent a letter: "To all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greetings! Whereas it appears to us expedient to nominate some person of wisdom, loyalty, diligence and circumspection to represent us ... know ye that we, reposing especial trust and confidence in the discretion and faithfulness of our trusty and well-beloved Sir Oliver Shewell Franks . . . have nominated, constituted and appointed [him] . . . to be our Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington . . . Giving and granting to him in that character all power and authority to do and perform...
...King's letter went on & on in that vein. What it boiled down to in the American language was: "Oliver, we're getting along all right with the Americans, but the situation is ticklish and might come unstuck. Go over there and keep a sharp eye on things, keep in touch with the right people, keep selling the good old Empire-and don't let Bertie McCormick bite...
...recent monetary crisis that led to the pound's devaluation (see above), Sir Oliver performed, behind the scenes, a masterly job of transmitting the U.S. pressure for devaluation in a way that cost Britain a minimum of dignity. In the style of the King's letter, Sir Oliver did it with diligence, discretion and circumspection...