Word: letting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...couple of months ago, Gus read in the official Gazette about the postmasters' 44th annual convention in New York. Gus wrote to New York's Postmaster Albert Goldman, asking him to reserve him "one single room and bed for one person." Gus added: "I will let you choose my hotel, for I must be in company with other postmasters so that I may not get lost. I have never been in a large city...
...Lord, thou knowest what is best for us, let this or that be done, as thou pleasest...
...when Mickey Mouse had already made Disney famous, Kamen went out to Hollywood, sold him the idea of letting him handle the manufacturing royalties. This was an aspect Disney had neglected; two years before, needing money, he had sold Mickey Mouse to a children's tablet manufacturer for a paltry $300. Kamen rushed to Manhattan to open an office called Kay Kamen, Ltd. (cable address: Mickmouse), never let that sort of thing happen again...
This sop to the matinee trade undercuts some of the strongest human values in the film. The G.I. has a legitimate gripe: his allotment will not feed a gnat, let alone a healthy, expectant wife. The professor has been left on a shelf by loving friends and colleagues, to be dusted off at their convenience. Whenever these mistreated males threaten to let out a hearty, realistic beef about their grievances, Writer-Director George Seaton quickly smothers their growls under the suds...
...other times, he seems subdued, moaning, "Oh let an old man rest" and admitting that too late, too late has he learned the meaning of sadness. The best lines in the Cantos are very good indeed...