Word: outcaste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...outcast. ... Go now all of you to Rhodes and seek his protection. He will be your chief and your friend." The king turned to Magwegwe, the next in rank, and said: "Do you remember your words?" And Magwegwe answered: "Yes, King. When you die, so shall I die." Lobengula took a small bottle and drank. Magwegwe did likewise. They both died that...
...made sense. In 1929, the high noon of France's hegemony on the continent, the great Aristide Briand sent a memorandum to all European governments proposing steps toward a European federation. From 26 nations came approval - in principle. Though Britain was officially cool, Winston Churchill, then a political outcast, wrote: "Why should Europe fear unity? As well might a man fear his own body." Edouard Herriot, Briand's bulldog, wrote a book called The United States of Europe (1930). But before the movement could get anywhere, Depression and Hitler intervened...
Shapiro's comments on the American scene are remarkably fresh and versatile, touch on such matters of general interest as haircuts, Buick cars, street accidents, the Washington Cathedral, army camps, the housefly, Hollywood. Shapiro describes American democracy with the satirical gusto of an outcast who feels he is in the know about what it is really like...
...Navy air arm although no longer an outcast is still a stepchild to the Navy's battleship admirals. Rear Admiral John H. Towers, a dyed-in-the-wool aviator who has been flying since 1911, did get promoted to Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Air. But plans to make him a Vice Admiral, and to promote deserving airmen on his coattails, have been lost in the shuffle. "Jack" Towers has been excluded from powwows of the General Board, and has applied for active sea duty...
...choices were open to the makers of A Woman's Face. They could turn out a study of a woman outcast and her rejuvenation; or they could emphasize the play's melodrama, suspense and horror. Producer Victor Saville (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) and Director George Cukor (The Philadelphia Story) chose the latter. With a tight, smooth script they have spun a slick thriller whose box-office ending is but a slight drawback to a suspenseful 106 minutes...