Word: affectionateness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Years of Faded Affection.
Victoria Grandolet is an uneven, atmosphere-saturated novel, expertly written, distinguished by some subtle shadings in its portraits, and weakened by an overemphasis on the romanticism of the Old South. It is noteworthy because there might seem to be no earthly reason why this story of married life should come...
Chennault has lavished great personal affection and care upon a group of key young men: Colonel Clinton ("Casey") Vincent, 29, commander of the forward echelon; David L. ("Tex&") Hill, formerly an A.V.G. ace, now a lieutenant colonel, commander of the forward fighters; Lieut.
The Chinese return Chennault's affection. Bandits once stole all the aviation gasoline at an air base; two Services of Supply men spent a month trying to recover the fuel. Finally a coolie was told that Chennault needed the gasoline. Before daybreak next day there was the clatter of...
Death & Transfigurations. In his rage against the prewar politicians he had dreamed of plain American workmen ending machine politics and voting for some "heroic, shrewd, full-informed, healthy-bodied, middleaged, beard-faced American blacksmith," who would cross the Alleghenies and march into Washington. Now it seemed to him that America...