Word: misters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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None of the topical war songs ground out by the composers of Charing Cross Road (London's Tin Pan Alley) has excited Britain's armed forces. Latest try is Thanks, Mister Roosevelt, whose chorus concludes...
...Never call a man Mister or a young lady Miss when you meet them. It's stuffy. Use their first names...
...Joseph Patrick Kennedy, who smilingly took the stand, and filling the room with obfuscation, could not even make up his mind whether he should be called "Mister" or "Ambassador." Said Mr. Kennedy cheerfully: "Whichever way you want me is all right with me." It was the nearest he got to defining his position. Said he, in effect: The U. S. should empower the President to get the job done, but Congress should not surrender all its control...
...mister who once was the master...
Said bossy Julie to Marshall Field III, president of the U. S. Committee for the Care of European Children, who sponsored the evacuees: "Mister, kneel kindly. I've a kiss for you and the fancy lights of the New World...