Word: notes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Anyone who will note the New Year's Honors List of Britain [which includes] the list of men elevated to the peerage by the King . . . will see immediately that what we need for internal tranquillity is a king...
...started when Richard C. Patterson Jr., the U.S. Ambassador to the exiled Yugoslav Government in London, delivered a U.S. note to 21-year-old King Peter II. On at least two counts this note was historic: 1) it precipitated an unholy international mess; 2) it was the first specific application of the principle laid down by President Roosevelt in his recent state-of-the-nation message (TIME, Jan. 15)-that the U.S. now wants to see that liberated Europe's temporary (or "provisional") governments do not become permanent tyrannies...
...long as matters remain witty, "Foolish Notion" is a remarkably edifying Play Javishly spiced with fast patter and an air of fantasy. Tallulsh's Sophie slinks along through three acts, charging each gag line with the solid note of Bankhead innuendo; Joan Shopard, recently of "Tomorrow the World," nearly steals several scenes as Happy, Sophic's quipping adopted daughter. During the rare moments when wit is forgotten and Barry's heady continuity fumbles, Miss Shepard comes to the rescue with extremely competent timing and humor sense for a performer of her years. Once or twice in the opening...
...Note: Sold American...
...recently came a note of reassurance from abashed users of the opprobrious phrase. Stars & Stripes Reporter Jimmy Cannon had asked a group of soldiers at the front how they felt. He reported: they don't give a damn what they're called...