Word: affectionateness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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We ask nothing for ourselves except reciprocal fair play. . . . Our 'reply to the world' is a challenge to match us in good works." The Senator paid a parting tribute to Jimmy Byrnes: "I salute him with affection and profound respect; [he] has been an able, efficient, courageous Secretary...
General Marshall himself gave the signal for his return. His delicate tasks had won him respect and affection from both Communist and Kuomintang leaders, but his mission had been almost hopeless from the start. In recent months, it had been put beyond the pale of possibility by Nationalist military successes...
Before the war they split. Cortot, a collaborationist, became Vichy's secretary for music. Casals, a fiery Spanish Loyalist, hid out in France during the war, performed at Loyalist benefits. Now 70, he has announced that he will never play publicly again until Spain is liberated from Franco. Jacques...
If Byrnes had continued to stand for patience with Russia while Vandenberg stood for firmness, U.S. policy might have been paralyzed by division. Instead the Senator from Michigan and the ex-Senator from South Carolina (who understood each other well, although there was no great affection between them) began to...
In unskilled hands, this moral fable might have been dully preachy. Director Capra's inventiveness, humor and affection for human beings keep it glowing with life and excitement. Stewart's warm-hearted playing of what might have been a goody-goody role is a constant delight. And if...