Word: affectionate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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She'll return our tried affection
The phrase especially hurt Chairman Bob Hannegan, who has no affection for Sidney Hillman. Trying to clear things up, Hannegan called in the press to say the President had never instructed him to "clear everything with Sidney."
When her regeneration is effected through the efforts of a lonely, affection-hungry young soldier (Sonny Tufts) just back from 14 months overseas and separated from his wife, it seems hardly worth the effort. The petulant Miss Goddard confesses her love for boyish, big-boned Tufts early in the picture...
Teachers who go to Ethiopia will find a healthful climate (most of Ethiopia is a high plateau), a great affection for the U.S.-and a tough language, Amharic. But an attempt is under way to reduce" its 200 odd characters to 90, make typewriters feasible. English, taught in the few...
"She was adamant with regard to the fundamental regulations of admission." said Dean Gummere, "but liberal in her interpretation of individual problems. Both alumni of Harvard and school men all over the United States will remember her with respect and affection. What her colleagues in University Hall feel cannot be...