Word: ardently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Some are taken and some are left."¶Lord Lothian (1939-40), a Scottish Liberal and Christian Scientist who once lived in a hut next to Gandhi, loved speech-making and Southern fried chicken. Some said he had been in favor of appeasing Hitler, but his wartime patriotism was ardent and eloquent. ¶ Lord Halifax (1941-46), who also arrived with a faint aroma of appeasement clinging to his reputation, but soon became one of the most respected men in Washington. His character was an inspiring blend of force and gentleness, of practicality and high purpose. ¶Lord Inverchapel...
When Artie's boys began unraveling Ravel's Piece en Forme de Habanera, the crowd around the bandstand applauded politely, but even the most ardent jitterers had to stop dancing. Cried one in petulant exasperation: "Artie, you stink...
Charlie Coe, the tournament's thin man (6 ft. 1 in., 135 lbs.), is an insurance broker from Ardmore, Okla. A more ardent golfer than King (he has twice won the Trans-Mississippi crown), 25-year-old Finalist Coe was the favorite as he squared off on the first tee. Both amateurs promptly began playing like amateurs. Coe, normally as cool as a barrel of ice water and deadly with a putter, three-putted the first green. Then he settled down and it was King's turn to blow...
...wall of Chicago Stock Exchange President James Day's office hangs a two-inch perch mounted on a tarpon-sized plank, the gift of friends lampooning a luckless fishing trip. But last week ardent Fisherman Day landed a tarpon of sorts. After three years of angling, he hooked it with representatives of the Cleveland, St. Louis and Minneapolis-St. Paul Stock Exchanges. They agreed to merge their exchanges into one big Midwest Stock Exchange, which will be exceeded in size only by the New York Stock Exchange and the Curb Exchange...
...supercolossal gag. The whole plot takes place on the Warner Bros. lot. Carson and Dennis Morgan, exuding arch embarrassment, play their real-life selves. So do Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn and a few other Warner stars who have been rushed on for bit roles. For ardent movie fans, these peeks at the great may help carry the film. But for most moviegoers, the spoofing is hardly good enough to conceal the laborious spadework...