Word: companion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reporters. But a Brazilian newspaper, Diario de Noticias of Rio de Janeiro, last fortnight broke with Latin tradition, hired a female columnist. Said proud Diario: "This admirable woman, whose fascinating personality does not vanish behind the radiance of her husband's great importance, is not only a fine companion for the President but has a keen and brilliant mind and a generous heart. ..." Name of the column: My Day, by Eleanor Roosevelt. Flown to Rio thrice a week, My Day appears in Diario in both English and Portuguese, runs seven days behind its U. S. publication date...
...Greenough did not let herself intrude a little more into her book--that she relied so much on documentation, and not enough on personal observation. This is particularly regret table when one sees with what easy charm she handles the sections on C.N.G. as Uncle Toby, the ideal companion to his adoring step-children...
Also printed as a companion to the biography is a valuable collection of studies published by Professor Greenough at different time during his active life in the field of letters. These are a sure testimony to the real scholarship of the man--a quality one is apt to forget in the overwhelming realization of his essential humanness...
...coat was off. His tie hung low under the unbuttoned collar of his soft shirt, but he had not rolled up his sleeves. His one companion was Marguerite ("Missy") LeHand, who snatched the latest "takes" from the thumping tickers, put them before the President without a word, as fast as he finished charting the latest tally. Re enjoyed...
Strong man of Bulgaria is Minister of Agriculture Ivan Bagrianoff, onetime palace companion of Boris, whom he is privileged to address with the familiar "thou." He was an officer in World War I, then turned his attention to large-scale farming on his estates near Razgrad. Grooming him to succeed scholarly Premier Professor Bogdan Filoff, the Axis called him to Berlin last week to learn the knack of dictating under orders, then on to Rome for further instructions...