Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Last week was also the 28th anniversary of the signing of the Versailles Treaty which created the League of Nations. On the League's second birthday, 50,000 turned out in London to cheer it, although Lloyd George had just warned: "You must not run a thing like this too hard. . . . Every failure at this stage is a ruinous one. It is like the fall of an infant; it may get a broken spine and limp for the rest of its days...
When Nagy and two other deputies appeared in the window of the hotel overlooking the square, a tremendous cheer went up from the crowd that had gathered there. But this was a short-lived victory, too. The police colonel spoke again: "I warn you, if you appear anywhere in public, I'll arrest you for attempting to incite a riot...
...never saw anything like it," said Superintendent Cook. "I've seen children cheer for their schools . . . but I never saw hundreds of children cry for their schools." The meeting turned into a riot. One Catholic board member was beaten, and two parents were arrested. Editorialized the Cincinnati Post: "The majority of the school board has forfeited completely the confidence of a large number of citizens...
...league baseball's first no-hit game in nearly 14 months, and for Cincinnati fans, a night to cheer; they have insisted all along that Blackwell was the best up & coming pitcher in the majors. This season, with a second-division team behind him, he has won 11, lost 2. Said he, jubilant, when teammates gathered around after the no-hitter...
...Housing Cheer. The number of new homes started during April showed a substantial increase over any of the first three months of the year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced. The total was 68,700 permanent housing units; that was 1,700 above April 1946, almost 18% above last March. The preliminary estimate for May: 69,000 units...