Word: notes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gifts. In the crush of the homecoming, spry Washington Luiz, 78, bore up sturdily. To well-wishers he launched into a spirited eulogy of the U.S.: "A country which has largely solved its principal problems." He wound up on the right patriotic note: "Here also, by the mercy of God, there are to be found gifts of heaven and earth which will always bear fruit if cultivated by friendship, by persevering initiative, by just enterprise and honesty-attributes which Brazilians do not lack...
...Francisco together. This time, Claudia occupied a star's dressing room, sang the long and difficult part of Marguerite to her father's Mephistopheles in the San Francisco Opera Association's performance of Faust. Greying, 55-year-old Ezio had rehearsed her privately until she was note-and letter-perfect. He wanted to be sure: "I am not one to enthuse. I won't overrate anything. You never can say it is in the bag, until it is, is that...
...Trieste's woes were not entirely over, despite the strike's end, as the United States sent a sharp note to Yugoslavia demanding an immediate end to "irresponsible" ultimatums from Marshal Tito's troops in the Trieste area. The ultimatums mentioned in the protest were issued by Yugoslavs wishing to take over certain positions along the provisional boundary against American wishes. The Yugoslavs generally threatened to use force if necessary, although in most cases the arguments were settled...
...giving the Red Army, rather than Marxism, the credit for Russia's present powerful position, Pundit Lippmann was on debatable ground-and had failed to note that the Red Army was built by Russia's Marxist rulers. And did Lippmann mean to say that Stalin's objectives were no wider than Peter's old-fashioned imperialism? It seemed clear to many people that Soviet Russia was a new-fashioned force...
When Mrs. Vining talks about Akihito, a defensively maternal note creeps into her voice. Says she: "He's a perfectly normal boy, very free with the others and full of fun. He has a natural manner, except when photographed. Then he wears his picture-taking look, a rather bored expression. . . . He has a good mind . . . direct and honest. It would be easy for him to say he understands when he doesn't and he will not do that...