Word: xmas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Miscellany: Byrne--he of the trigger mind--urges the shortening of the Harvard deal to a two-week stint . . . Orchild of the week to the Welfare Office for the Kid Xmas Party . . . Things we still don't understand: Why they call Pike "Conscienceless" . . . Section A has learned that the two-finger rule must be applied in more than one of their classes--ask Cook . . . Tomorrow will be the first "normal" working Nooyers Day for quite a few of the communicators . . . Until next week, HNY and all that...
...remember how mad Daddy would get when I couldn't get something through my head? I do the same with the kid but he only looks at me and smiles! That's the Chinese for you. . . . It will be some time before I get home. Not this Xmas, I'm sure. I got a lot of work to do here. . . . There are lots of these damn Japs . . . and close...
Caring little for profit, the Monitor annually rejects close to $1,000,000 in advertisements it does not consider whole some (coffee, tea, liquor, tobacco ads; ads for tombstones, firearms; ads containing the abbreviation "Xmas"). Despite this policy the Monitor has made money. In its best year, 1929, it netted $400,000. In the past few years, because war has cut off overseas advertisers and subscribers, the Monitor has been losing a little...
However, it will still be possible to take books out of the Library for the period covered by the recess. Students who desire to take books out over the Xmas vacation should apply at the Circulation Desk and in cases where there are duplicate copies which can be spared, their request will be granted...
While Selznick paced his office explaining the situation to reporters, he took nervous peeks at a gold wrist watch by which he futilely tries to be prompt. The watch, received shortly after the release of GWTW, bears the inscription in Whitney's handwriting: "David-Xmas, 1939. Praise de Lawd. Jock...