Word: letting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crisp fall and quite russet, if I remember correctly. Two falls before, John Kennedy was shot dead in the middle of a Biology test. A girl came running into class hysterical to tell us. A few of us stayed to finish up our mollusca; then they let us out early. The summer before, I was a civil rights worker in Alabama. In those days, we believed that the government could solve all of our problems, and that we were the good guys and the government was on our side fighting the forces of evil...
Canairis himself is discreetly noncommittal. Said he: "Let each keep the message that suits...
...their comments in whispers. But a few have been more outspoken. Said one young man: "The wire will be snapped off, the plaster will break, and the carnation will give off its perfume again." Added a university professor, who has recently been dismissed from his post by the regime: "Let us hope that by next spring flowers will be able to bloom again from the earth, and not from plaster...
Hoteliers and headwaiters see another side of Fielding. "Let's see," he said, as he sat down with the assistant manager of Brown's last month (the hotel had hired a new manager, but he was not yet on the job). "In our current Guide, we rate your hotel No. 11 in London." The assistant manager winced. Fielding imperturbably went on to read aloud his full printed report on Brown's: "a standby of the elderly," "generally (not always) comfortable," with some rooms that "are horribly cramped and inadequate." Included was a typical Fielding tip: "One infuriated Guidester warns that...
...were the inside singles, known in the trade as "the mother-in-law rooms." They are, he explains, "the lowest common denominator. You learn a lot about the hotel from just a glance at them." Tour over, Fielding cordially thanked the assistant manager, ducked back outside to his car. "Let's do the usual, Mac," he told the chauffeur, who promptly drove around the corner and parked. Fielding pulled out a notebook and began scribbling away: "Concierge with hotel 43 years. Many improvements under way. When manager arrives, fireworks are expected." Tucking the notebook into his briefcase, he confided: "Notes...