Word: reference
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite such maneuvers, the Russians still like Clark, respectfully refer to him as the "American Eagle." When Marshal Konev recently presented him with a bird dog puppy, Clark declared he would name it Ya Soglasen (Russian for "I agree"). Konev wanted to know why. "Because," said Clark, "this is a word I use so seldom otherwise...
Riding about the pitiful ruins and damp, weedy shambles of recaptured Manila, G.I. jeep drivers used to refer to the Kweezon Bridge, Kweezon Boulevard, etc. However they mangled the name, sharp, dapper, bantam-sized Manuel Luis Quezon, (rhymes with stays on), late President of the Commonwealth, left his mark on the Philippines...
...After reading countless blasts against Anglophobic Bertie McCormick, I discover, to my confusion, an item written in the same bilious, morning-after style of the Chicago Tribune. I refer to the account of Columnist Nat Gubbins' tirade [TIME, May 13] against...
...issue of April 29 relentlessly chronicles the hebdomadal manifestations, outstanding and otherwise, of human pusillanimity, stupidity, and cupidity, culled throughout the world by an impressively multifarious staff. . . . But the one truly great event of the week-indeed, of the entire postwar period so far-is not even mentioned. I refer, of course, to the magnificent gesture of the survivors of the heroic Underground of Crete . . . who, by refusing Allied compensations almost to a man, gave to us all the privilege of holding our heads a little higher...
...your issue of March 18, you refer to Mr. Winston Churchill as follows: "According to his custom, before dinner he rapidly downed five Scotch highballs." Also: "His valet slipped him a slug of brandy to reinforce him." You are probably right, but I am reminded of a legend about President Lincoln during the War between the States. When some character was complaining to President Lincoln about the Northern General Grant's proclivities for whiskey, Lincoln is said to have remarked that he would find out the brand of whiskey that General Grant used and send a barrel...