Word: westernisms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...China locked in civil war, the West might have been expected to rejoice at the Dutch victory. Instead, W. R. Hodgson, representing Australia at the United Nations, cried: "[This] is worse than what Hitler did to The Netherlands." This immoderate expression went further than the official stands of the Western powers. Nevertheless, adverse criticism of the Dutch move was widespread...
...Canadian lend-lease program to supply weapons to Western Europe...
...government increases its program budget ($11,000 for all of 1948). The government refuses to telecast more programs until more people have sets. Result: fewer than 5,000 sets in all France. Programs include first-run movies, interviews, operas and Parisian nightclub shows (uncensored). Throughout the rest of Western Europe, television is still in its infancy. The Netherlands has an experimental transmitter at Eindhoven; Germany plans one in the British zone at Hamburg...
...Londoners stamped their feet in the foot-numbing chill. Some had been waiting six hours for the gallery door to open. Backstage, Choreographer Frederick Ashton, in a skirt and a high wig, rushed around with last-minute instructions. The occasion was the first new full-length, classic-style ballet Western Europe had seen in 50 years...
...River. Howard Hawks's rattling good western about an epic cattle drive, with John Wayne and Montgomery Clift (TIME, Oct.11...