Word: patrick
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...proud of Britain's greatness, a mind ever probing into Britain's and the Empire's weaknesses. In his versatility this statesman, warrior, philosopher, orator, scientist, author had a quality of the Elizabethans. Britons thought of him as South Africa's late Governor General Sir Patrick Duncan had called him in the anxious days of 1941: "A great rock in a weary world...
Gaslight (M.G.M.) as a lush, lurid transcription of Patrick Hamilton's stage hit Angel Street (TIME, Dec. 15, 1941)-the story of a Victorian husband who systematically sets to work to drive his lovely young wife insane. Hollywood's husband is not quite so icily satanic, his wife not excruciatingly demoralized, as in the original. But as acted by Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer and directed by George Cukor, Hollywood's ace manipulator of emotional actresses and lacy decor (Camille), Gaslight is still a fierce, hair-raising, handsome piece of psychological horror...
Quick Growth. If Ambassador Joe had a motto, it might well be Operando Tutus, Secure by Operating. Joseph Patrick Kennedy's father came over from Ireland, became the mellow-voiced boss of Ward 2 in East Boston. Joe was a newsboy, candy butcher, bus operator, Harvard graduate ('12), bank president, shipbuilder, film magnate and a Wall Street operator who left behind a monumental observation: "Anyone can lose his shirt in Wall Street if he has sufficient capital and inside information." Then he became first chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission, under Franklin Roosevelt, first chairman of the Maritime...
...Deals. A loyal Tammanyite and oldtime pillar of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Joe Day was always a tough trader. When he engineered the sale of Tammany's famed 14th Street headquarters, one cynic penned a sarcastic parody of When Day Is Done, ending...
...chief lion-baiting took place in Boston. Some wag invited a detail of British tars to march in the St. Patrick's parade. This aroused the bellicose South Boston Citizens Association, the parade sponsors. "Very regrettable misunderstanding," snorted Parade Marshal John Walsh. "There'll be no foreign armed forces parading here." The British did not march. (Boston Irish also celebrate March 17 as Evacuation Day, in memory of the departure of the British redcoats...