Word: pats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Over near his P-40 is Pat ("Cocky") Daniels of Los Angeles. "Wait'll I meet those Japs, I'll show you some real color," he once boasted. So they called him "Cocky...
Having offered India post-war dominion status through Sir Stafford Cripps, the British were standing pat. Crusty Leopold Stennett Amery, Secretary of State for India, reiterated his Government's support of eventual Indian self-government, but warned India that the Government "will not flinch from their duty" to combat civil disobedience. There was a counter-threat that, if the British jailed all Congress leaders, the aged and frail Gandhi might die a martyr's death. Sir Stafford hinted that Gandhi's actions were treasonable...
There can be nothing but praise for the directors of this picture. When human tragedy and the profound transformation of total war which is wrought upon an entire nation can be interpreted so accurately and humanly as in "Mrs. Miniver," moviedom can well afford to pat itself on the back...
Vaudeville's veteran Funnyman Pat Rooney II, 62, got a license to marry blonde Actress Janet Reade, onetime member of Eddie Cantor's Whoopee, one time wife of Funnyman Pat's son, Pat Rooney III. Said Pat Rooney II of Pat Rooney III: "I haven't seen him for some years." Said Actress Janet Reade: "I haven't seen him either. Anyway I like his father better. He's a funny little guy but I love...
...officers and men at Fort Knox cheered Major Lodge's news from the front. Then Senator Lodge looked to Massachusetts where, even with the inadvertent pat from Henry Stimson, he has a tough fight ahead to save his Senate seat from aggressive young Representative Joseph E. Casey (TIME, July...