Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Helen Matoff, an only child, who felt a little sad about leaving England. She said that her husband of one year, Sergeant Nick Matoff, was already addicted to tea. They had first met in church, Helen said, which led her new sister-in-law of Waterbury, Conn., to remark: "We're very pleased about Nick's going to church...
From London to Guam, LeMay's men have always understood two things: 1) an order is just that-the Old Man never checks up on an order, but disobedience brings dismissal; 2) the Old Man never orders anything he can't do himself. A favorite LeMay conference remark: "Now, does everybody understand this? If not, I'll show you how to do it myself...
...Said Able Soldier Oliver Cromwell to his portrait painter: ". . . Paint my picture truly like me; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything...
...This remark is the essence of genuine Vansittartism. After nearly 40 years as a British diplomat, Vansittart is convinced that the last peace was lost by the victors' tendency to put all the blame on a handful of men, on "economic pressure," or on the errors of other nations. Similar unreality, he thinks, imperils the present victory...
Atlantic City hotelmen complained that Hollywood too often pictured their resort as a week-end hideaway for the boss and his secretary, asked that the movies indicate that at least some men go there with their wives. The casual remark of a popular star - "They say white bread is not good for you" - brought thousands of angry letters from millers, bakers, wheat farmers. The Hays Office keeps a weather eye out for such unwitting antagonizers, warns producers to avoid them wherever possible...