Word: delight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...editorial in The Christian Science Monitor was a delight, too. Gambling is morally wrong. It said in effect (no matter what certain parties say) because it is unproductive. Ah. the world of productivity, and the would of those who love life, its foolishness, its whimsical useless tomfoolery--will ever the two come to meet? Is a human moral vision able to manage both...
...DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH, by Eric Partridge (1,362 pp.; Macmillan; $16). The fifth edition of this highly regarded work is considerably enlarged, and an even greater delight to logomaniacs than the first four. Lexicographer Partridge pads resolutely after creeping neologism, and one finds that since 1920 "without a mintie" has been Australian sporting slang for penniless, and that "boat race" is current Cockney rhyming slang for face. There is no end to this; it is ceaselessly fascinating to learn that between 1780 and 1830, "to dance the Paddington frisk" meant to be hanged, that "painted mischief...
Both Munro and Guyda expressed delight that there is such enthusiasm on the two squads. They both agree that the added practice will be a great boon to next fall's varsity. Munro feels that although past teams have not been greatly hurt by the lack of spring practice, they have been at a disadvantage when they played teams like Yale who have a regular spring practice...
...negotiated with the Russians, but some very firm thoughts about what ought not to be discussed with them: recognition of East Germany, confirmation of the Oder-Neisse line as the boundary between Poland and Germany, establishment of Central Europe as a neutral zone. To the old man's delight, Kennedy agreed to keep such issues out of any discussion on Berlin-although they might be considered in future talks on some larger issue, such as reunification of Germany...
This week, Manhattan's Asia House opened a show of Khmer sculpture assembled by Gallery Director George Montgomery from museums and private collections all over the U.S. It is the first Khmer exhibition ever held in this country, and it is a delight to see. The Khmer artists, though much influenced by India, developed a style of their own that outshone anything produced in what was to become Indo-China. The great temple of Angkor Wat, still Cambodia's most admired show place, was their work, but it and the other ruins of Angkor are so dramatic...