Word: benignity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Caballeros and peons were happy under the sway of a good alcande, but completely miserable when he was replaced by the gold-greedy Alcande Quintero. And so young Diego came over the seas from Spain's West Point to rescue his people and restore to them his father's benign rule...
...peaceful Chicago Symphony has never been notable for its interest in contemporary music. For 36 years it has played sober classics under the benign baton of white-haired Frederick Stock. But this season, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Chicago Symphony arranged something special. It commissioned a composition from each of ten famous living composers, announced a bill of world premieres that might have turned Boston's Serge Koussevitzky green with envy...
Morris of Nebraska: "We were alone in his private office . . . before either convention had been held. . . . His face was damp with perspiration that comes from deep thought. ... He said ... 'I have been here seven years. I believe I am entitled to a rest.' I looked upon that benign face . . . and I said: 'Mr. President, you are a soldier ... in command of an unselfish army . . . that believes in happiness for the human race . . . that wants to strike the shackles from human limbs, and make all men happy and free. We cannot give up in the middle of this...
...decades the problems of human personality have puckered the benign and seamy face of Lewis Madison Terman. Dr. Terman, professor of psychology at Stanford University, has spent much time studying the personality factors that make for happy or unhappy marriages (TIME, June 24, 1935; Oct. 17, 1938). Another of his great interests is child prodigies. In Science last week Dr. Terman reported what happens to child prodigies when they grow up, get jobs, get married...
Cheeriest part of the hospital is a children's ward. Last year patients ranged from eight weeks to 14 years, almost a third had cancers, the rest benign growths. Last year, the ward provided its 68 patients with sliding boards, play tent, electric trains, a miniature fireplace with space for stockings at Christmastime. Last week, the children were busily painting pictures for Columbus...