Word: assayed
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Little John & the Parrot. Up from Athens last week to assay the situation and decide whether his troops should dig in for the winter pretty soon or try to strike on through, drive the Italians into the Mediterranean before they could poise a counterblow, went the long-nosed, aristocratic Commander in Chief who taught and led the Greek Army: General Alex ander Papagos (paa-paa-gos). Every morning, for two hours at Army Head quarters in Athens, he had conferred intently with Premier General "Little John" Metaxas. His enemies derided General Papagos as "Little John's" Papagei (parrot), overlooking...
...November was a time for assay, it was also, in Britain and no doubt France, a time for agonizing hindsight. The war might now be going entirely for the Allies had the French Army facing Italy been equipped with a little Greek blood...
...Krutch's history is of necessity informal. While it is possible today to examine and assay the work of individual dramatists, it is as yet impossible to render any final judgments as to the ultimate meaning of their work in terms of the American drama. If Mr. Krutch has chosen to approach his subject as critic rather than as professor, he has done wisely. The formal history which will eventually be produced at some university will perhaps have the advantage of a greater temporal perspective, but its writer will be hard put to it to match the keenness...