Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shows Stars Rex Harrison and Joyce Redman going through rehearsals. It also takes a quick look at Director Jed Harris in the process of preparing Red Gloves, starring Charles Boyer and John Dall, and riffles through some quick shots of famous playwrights who, accurately enough, look like middle-aged gentlemen as well able to cut a dividend as to pare a script...
This Way Out. Perón really started talking when he came to the article forbidding Argentine Presidents to succeed themselves. "Gentlemen," he said, "against my will the Party has decided to substitute . . . for the words 'and can be re-elected only after an interval of one term,' the words 'and can be re-elected.' Undoubtedly, gentlemen, from the standpoint of constitutional doctrine, this is the way the article should read . . ." Then, to shouts of "We want Perón!" he declared: "Not only am I not going to accept a second term...
...spectacular collisions. But there were surprisingly few penalties, though some observers claimed the penalty lack was due to lax officiating. No sentences were meted out by the referees at all during the opening session, and but one in the final twenty minutes. In between, however, various ever-eager gentlemen, mostly Harvards, resided in the little wooden chair next to the scorekeeper...
Shanghai's powerful city council-addressing the Communists as "gentlemen" instead of "bandits"-radioed its peace appeal direct to Red headquarters at Yenan. Peiping and Tientsin, completely isolated by Red armies, followed suit. The press burst out with reports that U.S. marines were leaving their base at Tsingtao (where they had been training Chinese navy personnel). The report was quickly denied by Washington, but it was nonetheless true that plans had been made for their withdrawal. From all sides, pressure increased on Chiang Kai-shek to retire in favor of a Chinese leader more acceptable to the Communists...
Shortly after the November election, the Association advised its members to "confer" with Senators and Representatives before those gentlemen headed for Washington. The lobby meant, of course, for the heat to be applied in the home districts, so that the selling job in the Capital would be easier...