Word: posting
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...complex belief, expressed by Newshawk Marquis W. Childs, St. Louis Post-Dispatch correspondent, that "in his heart of hearts he is a sad man, having seen through the illusions and futilities of his time. Nevertheless, he has the courage to be cheerful and to do good in the sight of God. This theory endows Mr. Roosevelt with the humility of true greatness...
...World War II few U. S. citizens took U. S.-Canadian relations seriously. Last week President Roosevelt indicated how seriously they could take them from now on by planking one of the ablest and most experienced U. S. diplomats into the post that Mr. Cromwell had vacated. To the Senate for confirmation (immediately forthcoming) he sent the name of Jay Pierrepont Moffat, 43, chief of the all-important European Division of the State Department...
...would stay ("Mr. Roper and Mr. Cromwell each spent about three months") he was reassuring: "I know ... I know . . . I'll stay longer. . . . There will be more and more to do. What these things are we can't reveal now, but Canada has become a most important post...
Professor Davison will retire from his duties as organist after serving in that post for thirty years. He will devote his future time exclusively to his work in the Music Department...
...native of Alsace who fled to Germany when his homeland was restored to France. Frank, charming and loquacious, he is a notable Nazi essayist, novelist, poet. An intellectual, he nevertheless volunteered for service in the regular Army, was cited several times for bravery, later transferred to a PK post. His are the most readable dispatches that come to Berlin from the front...