Word: winant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This ungrammatical little number, from an album of records for tots from three to six, is the handiwork of young Murray and Sylvia Winant. The two New Yorkers, who have no children of their own, got the idea for It's Fun to Eat from watching their neighbors' struggles. On one side of each record, a boisterous breakfast, lunch or supper character - Doc Clock, Happity-Yappity Appetite and Sip-Sip Supper -coaxes the kiddies into putting away their toys and washing their hands. The other side hustles them into eating up every thing on their plates...
...Copyright, 1946, Winant Productions...
...capital gain has not been a factor has our policy towards Franco been uncompromising. Such a case arose at Lake Success last week when the United States joined with the other nations at the conference in refusing permission for Spain to participate in international control of narcotics. John G. Winant, American representative to the meetings, who voted to exclude Spain on the narcotics question and to include her in the Aviation Organization, lamely explained his anomalous stand by stating that "the situation with regard to Picao (Provisional International Aviation Organization) is quite different...
...early war years he had won the respect and confidence of the British people. As Ambassador he has been altogether successful with British officialdom and public, has done a first-rate job of restoring embassy staff morale (which went to pot under his predecessor, aloof John G. Winant); has shown an intelligent, sympathetic, effective understanding of Britain's position and policy...
...readers why Ambassador Harriman gave his cocktail party. The party was a long overdue and valuable contribution to Embassy morale and Anglo-American friendship in London. It was also a spectacular and successful announcement to London that the austere regime of Mr. Harriman's predecessor, John Winant, was ended...