geōmoroi, class of citizens in ancient Greek society. In 7th-century-bce Attic society, geōmoroi were freemen, generally peasant farm holders, lower on the social and political scale than the eupatridae, the aristocracy, but above the dēmiourgoi, the artisans. The geōmoroi were ineligible for any

geomorphic cycle, theory of the evolution of landforms. In this theory, first set forth by William M. Davis between 1884 and 1934, landforms were assumed to change through time from “youth” to “maturity” to “old age,” each stage having specific characteristics. The initial, or youthful, stage of

geomorphology, scientific discipline concerned with the description and classification of the Earth’s topographic features. A brief treatment of geomorphology follows. For full treatment, see geology: Geomorphology. Much geomorphologic research has been devoted to the origin of landforms. Such

kŏmungo, Korean long board zither that originated in the 7th century. The kŏmungo is about 150 cm (5 feet) long and has three movable bridges and 16 convex frets supporting six silk strings. The front plate of the instrument is made of paulownia wood and the back plate is made of chestnut wood.

pocket gopher, (family Geomyidae), any of 38 species of predominantly North and Central American rodents named for their large, fur-lined cheek pouches. The “pockets” open externally on each side of the mouth and extend from the face to the shoulders; they can be everted for cleaning. The lips can

ribbon worm: Within the genera Prostoma and Geonemertes, the species may be either dioecious (i.e., separate male and female animals) or hermaphroditic (i.e. male and female reproductive organs in one animal). All ribbon worms have the ability to regenerate lost or damaged parts of their bodies; some species actually break up and…

gaon, the title accorded to the Jewish spiritual leaders and scholars who headed Talmudic academies that flourished, with lengthy interruptions, from the 7th to the 13th century in Babylonia and Palestine. The chief concern of the geonim was to interpret and develop Talmudic Law and to safeguard

palm: Ecology: …palm and some species of Geonoma, they grow at elevations as high as 3,000 metres in the Andes. There are exceptions, however, for palms are also found in swamps or poorly drained areas (bussu palm, Mauritia, date palm, sago palm, raffia palm) or brackish estuaries and lagoons (nipa palm) or…

palm: Ecology: …forest floor (Asterogyne martiana and Geonoma cuneata, for example) are being used to study light relationships, especially as regards simple versus dissected leaves. These studies are promising but in their preliminary stages.

palm: Characteristic morphological features: …rarely be 3 (Areca triandra, Geonoma triandra, Nypa fruticans) or more numerous, ranging from 6 to 36 in Heterospathe, to more than 200 in such groups as Caryota, Phytelephas, and Veitchia. Sterile stamens may differ only slightly from fertile stamens, or they may consist of a filament alone without an…

skeleton: Skeletomusculature of arthropods: …sclerites of burrowing centipedes (Geophilomorpha) enable them to change their shape in an earthwormlike manner while preserving a complete armour of surface sclerites at all times. The marginal zones of the sclerites bear cones of sclerotization that are set in the flexible cuticle, thus permitting flexure in any direction…

skeleton: Skeletomusculature of arthropods: …sclerites of burrowing centipedes (Geophilomorpha) enable them to change their shape in an earthwormlike manner while preserving a complete armour of surface sclerites at all times. The marginal zones of the sclerites bear cones of sclerotization that are set in the flexible cuticle, thus permitting flexure in any direction…

geophone, trade name for an acoustic detector that responds to ground vibrations generated by seismic waves. Geophones—also called jugs, pickups, and tortugas—are placed on the ground surface in various patterns, or arrays, to record the vibrations generated by explosives in seismic reflection and

George Ferdinand Becker: …in the establishment of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. In 1896 Becker went to South Africa to study the gold and diamond fields, and in 1898–99 he served as geologist to the U.S. Army in the Philippines.

archaeology: Preliminary work: and magnetic fields (geophysical prospecting). A method of electrical prospecting had been developed in large-scale oil prospecting: this technique, based on the degree of electrical conductivity present in the soil, began to be used by archaeologists in the late 1940s and has since proved very useful. Magnetic methods…

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), American manufacturer of calculators, microprocessors, and digital signal processors with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The direct antecedent to the company was founded May 16, 1930, by John Clarence (“Doc”) Karcher and Eugene McDermott to provide

geophysics, major branch of the Earth sciences that applies the principles and methods of physics to the study of the Earth. A brief treatment of geophysics follows. For full treatment, see geology: Geophysics. Geophysics deals with a wide array of geologic phenomena, including the temperature

geopolitics, analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations. The word geopolitics was originally coined by the Swedish political scientist Rudolf Kjellén about the turn of the 20th century, and its use spread throughout Europe in the period between World

geopolitics, analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations. The word geopolitics was originally coined by the Swedish political scientist Rudolf Kjellén about the turn of the 20th century, and its use spread throughout Europe in the period between World

ocean current: Pressure gradients: …along a horizontal plane or geopotential surface, a surface perpendicular to the direction of the gravity acceleration. Horizontal gradients of pressure, though much smaller than vertical changes in pressure, give rise to ocean currents.

natural gas: Geopressured fluids and methane hydrates: Geopressured reservoirs exist throughout the world in deep, geologically young sedimentary basins in which the formation fluids (which usually occur in the form of a brine) bear a part of the overburden load. The fluid pressures can become quite high,…

parrot: For decades the night parrot, or night parakeet (Geopsittacus occidentalis), of Australia was thought to be extinct, until a dead one was found in 1990. It feeds at night on spinifex grass seeds and dozes under a tussock by day. Its nest is a twig platform in a…

George II was the king of Great Britain and elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760. Although he possessed sound political judgment, his lack of self-confidence caused him to rely heavily on his ministers, most notable of whom was Sir Robert Walpole. George Augustus was the only son of the German

George IV was the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and king of Hanover from January 29, 1820, to June 26, 1830. He served as the sovereign de facto from February 5, 1811, when he became regent for his father, George III, who suffered from mental illness. The eldest son of

Büchner Prize, prestigious German prize established in 1923 by the government of Volksstaat Hessen (state of Hesse, now in Hessen Land [state]) to honour native son Georg Büchner, a noted dramatist. From its inception to 1950 the prize was awarded to a range of Hessian visual artists, writers,

George I was the elector of Hanover (1698–1727) and the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain (1714–27). George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the son of Ernest Augustus, elector of Hanover, and Sophia of the Palatinate, a granddaughter of King James I of England. George married his cousin Sophia

George William was the elector of Brandenburg (from 1619) through much of the Thirty Years’ War. Though a Calvinist, George William was persuaded by his Roman Catholic adviser Adam von Schwarzenberg to stay out of the struggle between the Holy Roman emperor and the German Protestant princes. His

George III was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1760–1820) and elector (1760–1814) and then king (1814–20) of Hanover, during a period when Britain won an empire in the Seven Years’ War but lost its American colonies and then, after the struggle against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France,

University of Göttingen, one of the most famous universities in Europe, founded in Göttingen, Germany, in 1737 by George II of England in his capacity as Elector of Hanover. In the late 18th century it was the centre of the Göttinger Hain (q.v.), a circle of poets who were forerunners of German

Büchner Prize, prestigious German prize established in 1923 by the government of Volksstaat Hessen (state of Hesse, now in Hessen Land [state]) to honour native son Georg Büchner, a noted dramatist. From its inception to 1950 the prize was awarded to a range of Hessian visual artists, writers,

nuclear weapon: The weapons are tested: …Pacific, a test explosion named George had successfully used a fission bomb to ignite a small quantity of deuterium and tritium. The original purpose of George had been to confirm the burning of these thermonuclear fuels (about which there had never been any doubt), but with the new conceptual understanding…

George, is a town in the Western Cape province, South Africa. The town lies distantly east of Cape Town and immediately inland from the Indian Ocean. It was founded in 1811 as the first British settlement in the Cape Colony and named after King George III, as was George Peak nearby. Hops, not

John F. Kennedy, Jr.: Public prominence, George magazine, marriage, and death: In 1995 Kennedy launched George, a glossy political magazine named after the first U.S. president, George Washington. The magazine became known for its pop culture approach to politics. Many issues featured covers with celebrities dressed as Washington or other early American figures such as Betsy Ross. As editor in…

George was the king of Bohemia from 1458. As head of the conservative Utraquist faction of Hussite Protestants, he established himself as a power when Bohemia was still under Habsburg rule, and he was thereafter unanimously elected king by the estates. A nationalist and Hussite king of a prosperous

Music lovers in more than a dozen states along the Eastern Seaboard in the 1950s tuned in to “the Sound of the Hound,” George (“Hound Dog”) Lorenz, who broadcast on 50,000-watt WKBW in Buffalo, New York. Lorenz began in Buffalo radio in the late 1940s; in 1953 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where the

William, prince of Wales: Marriage and children: The couple’s first son, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, was born on July 22, 2013. They subsequently had a daughter, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge (born May 2, 2015), and a second son, Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge (born April 23, 2018).

George IV was the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and king of Hanover from January 29, 1820, to June 26, 1830. He served as the sovereign de facto from February 5, 1811, when he became regent for his father, George III, who suffered from mental illness. The eldest son of

George II was the king of Great Britain and elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760. Although he possessed sound political judgment, his lack of self-confidence caused him to rely heavily on his ministers, most notable of whom was Sir Robert Walpole. George Augustus was the only son of the German

This forceful, almost hortatory essay by George Bernard Shaw first appeared in the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1926), the same year Shaw received the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused

Gracie Allen: …television with the debut of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–58). It portrayed the daily life of the married couple, and Burns regularly broke through television’s “fourth wall” by stepping out of a scene to address the audience directly. Because of ill heath and stage fright, Allen left…

George Cross, a British civilian and military decoration, instituted in 1940 by King George VI for “acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger.” The award, which can be conferred posthumously, is usually given to civilians, although it can be

Molière: Harassment by the authorities: His second play of 1668, George Dandin, often dismissed as a farce, may be one of Molière’s greatest creations. It centres on a fool, who admits his folly while suggesting that wisdom would not help him because, if things in fact go against us, it is pointless to be wise.…

George Eastman: …in Rochester, now known as George Eastman House, has become a renowned archive and museum of international photography as well as a popular tourist site.

Hale Telescope, one of the world’s largest and most powerful reflecting telescopes, located at the Palomar Observatory, Mount Palomar, Calif. It was financed by the Rockefeller Foundation, and the first observations were made in 1949. The telescope was named in honour of the noted American

Peabody Award, any of the awards administered annually by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication in recognition of outstanding public service and achievement in electronic media. Recipients are organizations and individuals involved in the production or

Newberg: It is the seat of George Fox University, established in 1885 as Friends Pacific Academy; the future American president Herbert Hoover was in the first graduating class of 1888. Hoover-Minthorn House (1881), where the orphaned Hoover lived with his uncle, has been restored. Nearby Champoeg State Heritage Area, once the…

George V was the king of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936, the second son of Prince Albert Edward, later King Edward VII. He served in the navy until the death (1892) of his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, brought the need for more specialized training as eventual heir to the throne.

Texas A&M University: The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, commemorating the 41st U.S. president, is on the College Station campus. Enrollment at College Station is approximately 44,500 students; more than 90,000 are enrolled in the system as a whole.

Martin Scorsese: Films of the 2010s: Shutter Island, Hugo, and The Wolf of Wall Street: …another of his musical documentaries, George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011), which examined the life of the former Beatle. Scorsese branched out further into television as the executive producer of Boardwalk Empire (2010–14), an HBO drama series about gangsters in Atlantic City during Prohibition. He also directed the…

George I was the king of the Greeks whose long reign (1863–1913) spanned the formative period for the development of Greece as a modern European state. His descendants occupied the throne until the military coup d’état of 1967 and eventual restoration of the republic in 1973. Born Prince

George I was the elector of Hanover (1698–1727) and the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain (1714–27). George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the son of Ernest Augustus, elector of Hanover, and Sophia of the Palatinate, a granddaughter of King James I of England. George married his cousin Sophia

George I was the king of the Greeks whose long reign (1863–1913) spanned the formative period for the development of Greece as a modern European state. His descendants occupied the throne until the military coup d’état of 1967 and eventual restoration of the republic in 1973. Born Prince

George II was the king of Great Britain and elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760. Although he possessed sound political judgment, his lack of self-confidence caused him to rely heavily on his ministers, most notable of whom was Sir Robert Walpole. George Augustus was the only son of the German

George II was the king of Greece from September 1922 to March 1924 and from October 1935 until his death. His second reign was marked by the ascendancy of the military dictator Ioannis Metaxas. The eldest son of King Constantine I, George was excluded from the succession during World War I for his

George II was the duke of Saxe-Meiningen, theatrical director and designer who developed many of the basic principles of modern acting and stage design. A wealthy aristocrat and head of a small German principality, Saxe-Meiningen early studied art and in 1866 established his own court theatre

George III was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1760–1820) and elector (1760–1814) and then king (1814–20) of Hanover, during a period when Britain won an empire in the Seven Years’ War but lost its American colonies and then, after the struggle against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France,

Southwark: The George (built in 1676), now owned by the National Trust, is the last surviving galleried inn in London.

George IV was the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and king of Hanover from January 29, 1820, to June 26, 1830. He served as the sovereign de facto from February 5, 1811, when he became regent for his father, George III, who suffered from mental illness. The eldest son of

Weddell Sea, large embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms a deep southward extension of the Southern Ocean. Centering at about 73° S 45° W, the Weddell Sea is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula of West Antarctica, on the east by Coats Land of East Antarctica, and on the extreme

George Lopez: The result was George Lopez (2002–07), which featured Lopez as a version of himself and drew on his life in its depictions of a Mexican American family. Lopez also served as a producer and writer on the show, which was eventually syndicated. He released the album El Mas…

George I was the elector of Hanover (1698–1727) and the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain (1714–27). George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the son of Ernest Augustus, elector of Hanover, and Sophia of the Palatinate, a granddaughter of King James I of England. George married his cousin Sophia

Joel Grey: …title role in the musical George M! (1968), about the entertainer George M. Cohan, and that performance earned him a Tony Award nomination. Grey later played Cohan in a 1970 TV adaptation of the play. The 1972 film version of Cabaret won eight Academy Awards, one of which (for best…

George Mason University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. It consists of 12 colleges and schools offering a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees. Several of its graduate programs have been recognized nationally for excellence and distinction

George Cross: The George Medal, instituted at the same time as the George Cross, is analogous to it but is awarded for services not quite so outstanding as those which merit the George Cross. Recipients of this medal can add G.M. after their names. The medal is silver;…

coin: Gold coinage: …and sixpence, and introduced the George noble—so called from its type of St. George and the Dragon—to take the angel’s old value. In 1544 he issued the base shilling, or teston, of 12 pence and debased the silver coinage. When Edward VI again restored a coinage of fine silver, he…

Roger II: Roger’s navy: …the greatest of its admirals, George of Antioch, it subdued much of what is now Tunisia to form a profitable, if short-lived, North African empire; it captured Corfu; it harassed the Greek coast, abducting the best of the Theban silk workers to found the court workshop at Palermo; and in…

George Of Cappadocia was an opponent of and controversial successor (357) to Bishop Athanasius the Great of Alexandria, whom the Roman emperor Constantius II had exiled for attacking Arianism. As an extreme Arian, George was detestable both to the orthodox and to the Semi-Arians. A violent and

Gregory II Cyprius was a Greek Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (1283–89) who strongly opposed reunion of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. In the beginning of his career as a cleric in the Byzantine imperial court, Gregory supported the policy of both his emperor, Michael VIII

George of Laodicea was a bishop of Laodicea who was one of the principal champions of the homoiousian, or moderate Arian, theological position of the early Christian church. George was ordained in Alexandria by Bishop Alexander but was excommunicated on charges of immorality and advocacy of

George was the king of Bohemia from 1458. As head of the conservative Utraquist faction of Hussite Protestants, he established himself as a power when Bohemia was still under Habsburg rule, and he was thereafter unanimously elected king by the estates. A nationalist and Hussite king of a prosperous

George Of Trebizond was a Byzantine humanist, Greek scholar, and Aristotelian polemist. His academic influence in Italy and within the papacy, his theories on grammar and literary criticism, and his Latin translations of ancient Greek works, although at times strongly criticized, contributed

William, prince of Wales: Marriage and children: The couple’s first son, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, was born on July 22, 2013. They subsequently had a daughter, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge (born May 2, 2015), and a second son, Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge (born April 23, 2018).

Vanderbilt University: In 1979 Vanderbilt acquired George Peabody College for Teachers, which originated in 1785 as Davidson Academy and developed into a leading teacher-training school. The Blair School of Music, founded in 1964, became a part of the university in 1981.

George Philip and Son, British publishing house, one of the oldest in the United Kingdom, located in London. The company, specializing in maps and atlases, was founded in 1834. Some of its well-known publications are the Philip International Atlas and A Philip Management Planning Atlas. Its chief

John W. Bricker: The George Resolution, finally voted on, provided that treaties and other international agreements must not conflict with the Constitution, that votes on treaty ratification in the Senate must be determined by yeas and nays, and that “executive agreements” shall not become effective as internal law except…

George River, river in Nord-du-Québec region, northeastern Quebec province, Canada. It rises near the Labrador (Newfoundland) border, flows northward parallel to the boundary for 350 miles (563 km), and empties into the eastern side of Ungava Bay. Named after King George III by Moravian

George Patton: Controversies and appraisal of George Patton: …was sharply criticized for a pair of incidents in August 1943, when he physically struck hospitalized soldiers who exhibited no outward signs of injury. On August 3 Patton visited the 15th Evacuation Hospital outside Nicosia, Sicily, where he encountered Pvt. Charles Kuhl, who appeared to be unwounded. When asked what…

George S. Patton was only a middling student at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., from which he graduated in 1909. He was, however, an excellent athlete, with a talent that served him well when he participated in the 1912 Stockholm Games as a pentathlon competitor. That Patton

George the Monk was a Byzantine historian, author of a world chronicle that constitutes a prime documentary source for mid-9th-century Byzantine history, particularly the iconoclast (Greek: “image destroyer”) movement. George’s chronicle records events from the Creation to the reign of the emperor

George the Pisidian was a Byzantine epic poet, historian, and cleric whose classically structured verse was acclaimed as a model for medieval Greek poetry, but whose arid, bombastic tone manifested Hellenism’s cultural decline. A deacon and archivist of Constantinople’s cathedral Hagia Sophia,

George the Monk was a Byzantine historian, author of a world chronicle that constitutes a prime documentary source for mid-9th-century Byzantine history, particularly the iconoclast (Greek: “image destroyer”) movement. George’s chronicle records events from the Creation to the reign of the emperor

George The Syncellus was a Byzantine historian and author of a world chronicle of events from the creation to the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian (reigned 284–305). Together with the parallel work by Eusebius of Caesarea, George’s work constitutes the prime instrument for interpreting

George Town, leading port of Malaysia, situated on a triangular promontory in the northeastern sector of the island of Penang (Pinang). Its sheltered harbour is separated from the west coast of Peninsular (West) Malaysia by a 3-mile (5-km) channel through which international shipping approaches

Haʿapai Group: …an eruption, the Tongan king George Tupou I ordered the island evacuated; few people live there today. Uninhabited, well-wooded Kao Island (5 square miles [13 square km]) is a volcanic cone rising to 3,389 feet (1,033 metres) to form the highest point in Tonga. Nomuka is the centre of a…

Tonga: History of Tonga: …was succeeded by his great-grandson George II, who died in 1918. During his reign the kingdom became a British protectorate (1900) to discourage German advances. Under the treaty with Great Britain (amended in 1905), Tonga agreed to conduct all foreign affairs through a British consul, who had veto power over…

Tonga: History of Tonga: …accession to the throne, King George Tupou V began divesting himself of ownership in many of the state assets that constituted much of the wealth of the monarchy. That process was completed prior to his coronation in August 2008. At the same time, the king announced the cession of much…

George V was the last king of Hanover (1851–66), the only son of Ernest Augustus, king of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland. His youth was passed in England and in Berlin until 1837, when his father became king of Hanover. He lost sight in one eye during a childhood illness and in the other by an

George V was the king of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936, the second son of Prince Albert Edward, later King Edward VII. He served in the navy until the death (1892) of his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, brought the need for more specialized training as eventual heir to the throne.

George VI was the king of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. The second son of the future king George V, the prince served in the Royal Navy (1913–17), the Royal Naval Air Service (1917–19), and the Royal Air Force (1919) and then attended Trinity College, Cambridge (1919–20). On June 3, 1920,

Robert A.M. Stern: …also selected to design the George W. Bush Presidential Center (2013) at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, and the Museum of the American Revolution (2017), Philadelphia. Acutely aware of the expectations for a building based on its location or function, Stern worked in a variety of styles, designing structures that…

submarine: Strategic submarines: George Washington class, which became operational in 1959. These 5,900-ton, 382-foot (116-metre) vessels carried 16 Polaris missiles, which had a range of 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km). In 1967 the first of the Soviet Union’s 8,000-ton Yankee-class submarines were delivered, which carried 16 SS-N-6 missiles…

Douglas Southall Freeman: …John Steward Bryan (1947); and George Washington, 7 vol. (1948–57), the final volume of which was prepared by his assistants after his death—the whole work earning him a second, posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1958.

George Washington, full-length oil portrait of George Washington created in 1796 by his most famous portraitist, Gilbert Stuart. It shows Washington during his last year as president of the United States and is a strong demonstration of Stuart’s skills. This portrait of the gentlemanly planter who

Abraham Lincoln Battalion: …a second American force, the George Washington Battalion, but the casualties of both were so heavy that in mid-year the two were merged. As time went on, other nationalities were admitted to the Lincoln Battalion so that, by late 1938, Spaniards outnumbered Americans in the battalion three to one. Its…

George Washington Birthplace National Monument, historical area consisting of 538 acres (218 hectares) of plantation land in Westmoreland county, eastern Virginia, U.S. It lies along the Potomac River 38 miles (61 km) east-southeast of Fredericksburg. The monument was established in 1930–32 through

George Washington Bridge, vehicular suspension bridge crossing the Hudson River, U.S., between The Palisades park near Fort Lee, New Jersey, and Manhattan Island, New York City (between 178th and 179th streets). The original structure was built (1927–31) by the Swiss-born engineer Othmar H. Ammann

Joplin: George Washington Carver National Monument (1943), immediately southeast, preserves the birthplace of the eminent agricultural scientist. The poet Langston Hughes was born in Joplin about 1902. Prairie State Park is 25 miles (40 km) to the north.

Washington Crossing the Delaware, oil painting created by German-American artist Emanuel Leutze in 1851. It is among the best known and most popular paintings of an American historical event. No visitor to the American Wing in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art could forget seeing

Diane Wakoski: In The George Washington Poems (1967), Wakoski addressed Washington as an archetypal figure. She dedicated The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems (1971) to “all those men who betrayed me at one time or another, in hopes they will fall off their motorcycles and break their necks.” Waiting for…

William Keighley: Nearly as funny was George Washington Slept Here (1942), which was based on another popular Kaufman-Hart play; it starred Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, and Charles Coburn.