Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...defendants in a criminal case had ever had more impressive assistance. Justice Frankfurter adjusted his glasses and cleared his throat. "I will rely on Your Honor to keep me within bounds," he told Federal Judge Samuel H. Kaufman. "Of course, sir," beamed Judge Kaufman...
...late Gertrude Stein was talking (in 1939) about a dapper British baronet who also happened to be an artist and close friend of hers: Sir Francis Cyril Rose. Coming from the shrewd old observer who had "discovered" Picasso, Stein's praise was a big boost for Rose's last London exhibition ten years ago; but not even Stein could then make Rose's work smell sweet to British critics. Last week things were different: Rose's new show at London's plush little Gimpel Fils Gallery had blossomed into a triumph...
...great resource and command of the medium." Describing Rose as "an artist who believes in both Christ and Picasso," the Catholic Herald went out of its way to "quell any suspicion that the painting is strange and difficult because the painter is only partially acquainted with his sublime theme ... Sir Francis is a Catholic whose religion has bitten deep...