Word: secretion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lack of Spirit." To prove its point, the Army unlocked long-secret files. But some of the Army's own testimony went far to corroborate Howlin' Mad. After relieving Smith, General Jarman reported simply: "The problem . . . was to get the 27th to advance." In an official memo on the conduct of the 27th, Jarman explained: "I have noted ... a lack of offensive spirit ... A battalion will run into one machine gun and be held up for several hours." Other Army officers reported "fainthearted" attacks, noted "a lack of spirit in moving forward...
...corridor and the Negeb, planned to settle 5,000 to 10,000 Jews in the southern desert within the next three years. Within two months, he announced, several hundred Jewish pioneers would move into Beersheba to make it a Jewish town. He also announced that Israeli representatives were holding secret talks with leaders of two Arab nations (probably Lebanon and Egypt...
From his twelve-by-twelve office in the Shubert Theater, Lee (Broadway's most famous "bachelor" until his secret wedding came out when he was sued recently for divorce) manages the Manhattan dominion of the empire, while Jake tends more to the colonies. They often work together on producing, have turned out as many as 16 shows in one season. Their formula: "All plays have to have love interest. If you have no love interest, you have no play...
Roosevelt and Hopkins is full of details that make it far more colorful than historical fiction. Once when Roosevelt complained that he never could have peanuts because his secret service would have to check each one, Sherwood and Rosenman slipped out and got him a bagful which he kept under his coat and devoured. His aides were quick to spot the chief's moods and behave accordingly. Sometimes it would be: "God help anybody who asks him for any favors today." Again: "He feels so good he'll be telling Cotton Ed Smith that it's perfectly...
Vogue's Book is sure to worm its way into the shelves (or secret drawers) of many a home, because it caters to the social yearnings of all classes-from the sportsman who needs to know what kind of mourning is appropriate to driven-bird shooting (a black arm band on a tweed coat) to the unfortunate who still needs to be told that "oil is mispronounced 'erl.' " Some of it is what the whole book imagines itself to be: plain common sense and practical advice. But there is also a great deal of pedantic nonsense whose...