Word: servants
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that way when they come in here--there's no need to lay a finger on him," says Jack Spear, manager of the Wursthaus. "Tact. That's the way to handle him. Place him on a pedestal with a few words, and make him think that you're his servant. Pretty soon he'll be outside...
...duke's attendant. Thesiger delivered the "All the world's a stage" lines with a forcefulness that, for a moment, eclipsed even Hepburn. William Prince as Orlando seemed somewhat less polished than the rest of the cast. The opening dialogue of the play, between him and Adam, the old servant, was too emotional for a beginning, but even Prince improved as the play progressed...
...joined Thomas in educating the foreign masses in the peculiarities of the American public servant-a good many worked diligently at learning something themselves, thus went practically unnoticed, and in a sense, wasted their personalities during their travels. But the bolder and more extraverted made up for them...
...Call. Lilienthal's old enemies were jubilant. Cried Tennessee's aged Senator Kenneth McKellar, who had badgered Lilienthal ever since his days with the Tennessee Valley Authority: "The country is better off.", But Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas declared that David Lilienthal was a "great public servant" who deserved to know that "the great mass of Americans recognize the splendid work he has done." In a letter of unusual warmth and appreciation to "Dear Dave," President Harry Truman agreed. "Reluctantly and with the utmost regret," he accepted the resignation, but with the understanding that Lilienthal would still...
...after day, the Scripps papers thundered in behalf of mild-mannered Angus Ward, ridiculing the Red accusation that he had beaten up a Chinese servant, as akin to "saying Gandhi was a big bully." Under the sarcastic caption, THE EAGLE SCREAMS, Cartoonist...