Word: benignly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...kept him confined to bed the fore part of the week. There was talk of dissuading him from the ceremony. However, the rigor of the weather did not deter the President. He appeared, bundled in a great raincoat, wearing sensible rubbers. Beside him posed Mrs. Coolidge, hale, gracious, benign...
Pursuing his subject, the benign old gentleman ventured two statements to the effect that Augustus Saint-Gaudens became the greatest U. S. sculptor, and that the most noted living U. S. sculptor is Daniel Chester French, aged...
...this mass phenomenon anything but a good omen, even if many individuals would have greater benefit from the disciplines of the every-day world. It is only, however, when those without serious intellectual purpose dominate the mass that the gravity of numbers becomes something other than a benign promise. It is especially of interest to notice in the announcements of the leading universities this year the increasing exchange of teachers with universities in other parts of the world. If this could take place to some considerable extent among American institutions. East with West, North with South, it would be another...
...Prospero is the chief character of Shakespeare's Tempest. He is a benign gentleman, always unruffled before storm or calm. He has magic powers over the earths, the airs, the waters, over men and beasts. These he controls through his servant Ariel, a sweet-voiced sprite, who often gives him sage advice...
Later, Jane Addams again took the rostrum, greying, spare and benign in her 66th year. Her penetrating low voice filled the hall with quiet reminiscence. She made no comment on a remark by President Vaile to the effect that the day of organization has succeeded the day of leadership in social work-the day of Jane Addams, Mary Richmond,* Owen R. Lovejoy**?but did say: "It is curious to notice the difference in world opinion 50 years ago and now. When I first went to Europe people everywhere were interested in the United States. They thought of America...