Word: named
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...left for home (by train, because sleet prevented flying over the St. Lawrence), St. Laurent could safely leave the i-dotting details to be worked out on the embassy level. During the 45-hour visit, Harry Truman, no linguist, had almost learned how to pronounce his guest's name. It came out "San Loran...
These relatively minor points-minor compared with the national welfare strikes and closed shop-illustrate the mess that Congress must untangle in the months ahead. The primary need is for action on the big points, and the sooner the pressure groups and politicians stop name-calling and realize that the best they can hope for is a direction of policy towards compromise, the sooner a workable law will be enacted...
...most prominent American reporter assigned to the Van Waters case was James J. Delaney, whose name popped up in the recent hearing before McDowell. Dr. Van Waters' attorney, Claude B. Cross, accused Delancy of obtaining the name and address of an indentured inmate from the Commissioner's office, and attempting to interview and photograph her under false pretenses. It was an interesting instance of the American' journalistic methods, and for a lot of people, it made the odor of the Hearst tabloid's earlier effort at "exposes" with the Dwyer report more pungent...
...recent Fisher Affair with its "Cloak and Dagger" aspects. The author presents some imaginary notes from the diary of the harried undergraduate underground organizer. "Wednesday. Enervated this morning. I think I am being poisoned by my enemies . . . To Students' Clinic in Hygiene Building, where examined after registering under false name . . . Retired early. Arranged some pillows to appear like sleeping form in my bed, spent the night on floor underneath...
...special significance, celebrated the day with a dine and dance routine. The event was called the Feast of Lupercalia. After several generations, the Romans stopped the annual merry-making and called it a day, Valentine's Day to be exact, after a martyred bishop of the same name...