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"My dear woman, there's a lot more to Far East Foreign policy than the former Hope Cooke!"
"My dear woman, there's a lot more to Far East Foreign policy than the former Hope Cooke!"

"My dear woman, there's a lot more to Far East Foreign policy than the former Hope Cooke!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1973
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 10 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (26.4 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 10 5/8 × 10 3/16 in. (27 × 25.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1987.011
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"These behind-the-scenes tea breaks accomplish a lot more than all those formal conferences, don't you think?"
"These behind-the-scenes tea breaks accomplish a lot more than all those formal conferences, don't you think?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."
"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."
Alan Dunn
1950
"Help yourself to the sugar. There's plenty more where that came from."
"Help yourself to the sugar. There's plenty more where that came from."
Alan Dunn
1960
"Processional. Invocation. Offeratory. Declamation on Foreign Policy. That is, if he comes."
"Processional. Invocation. Offeratory. Declamation on Foreign Policy. That is, if he comes."
Alan Dunn
1967
"There's been a quarrel. You'll find my wife under her maiden initial - G."
"There's been a quarrel. You'll find my wife under her maiden initial - G."
Alan Dunn
1933
"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."
"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."
Alan Dunn
1941
"They agree to turn over control of the university to us, but there's an "if" to it. We have to grant the administration the same right to sit in, protest, and dissent that they granted us!"
"They agree to turn over control of the university to us, but there's an "if" to it. We have to grant the administration the same right to sit in, protest, and dissent that they granted us!"
Alan Dunn
1968
"I can give you Samuel F. B. Morse, Mr. Wells, or Mr. Fargo right away, but there's a half hour's delay in getting through to Alexander Graham Bell."
"I can give you Samuel F. B. Morse, Mr. Wells, or Mr. Fargo right away, but there's a half hour's delay in getting through to Alexander Graham Bell."
Alan Dunn
1970
"Damn it all! There's been a leak."
"Damn it all! There's been a leak."
Alan Dunn
1943