Word: affectionate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"It is clear that [the editor] wanted this to be a serious book and myself a pretty serious character. . . . Among the best things for me in film have been the clowns and the comedians, the dancers, the horses, the poets and the dolls. By the witness of these pages I...
No shadow of blame could be cast on George Marshall. In eleven months he had won the affection and respect of both Nationalist and Communist leaders, and the Chinese people. (Mrs. Marshall's graceful contributions had included teaching the austere Generalissimo to relax over Chinese checkers.)
"My words will pass from this scene like breath upon the winter air," he told glum Dutchess County Democrats. "And so they are unimportant, except to quicken the spirit of deep affection that Franklin Roosevelt inscribed in the hearts of his fellow men."
His words may have quickened the affection of men for F.D.R., but they did not quicken the hopes of his fellow Democrats. From Poughkeepsie, Jim Mead plodded on through the last days of his all but lost campaign. All around him lay the decay of the once-great organization which...
Even transportation is a problem. Japanese cannot ride in Army vehicles without written authorization. A G.I. can still take his Japanese date walking (in non-military zones), to his unit club (on special occasions) or to approved Japanese dance halls. Any public display of affection may subject a G.I. to...