Word: delight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thank you for helping me justify the addition of a name to my dormant-since-Lincoln list of "Politicians Worthy of Hero Worship." It is a delight to find that not everyone in politics suffers from acute atrophy of the intellect. My only regret is being unable to vote for the remarkable Senator Scott of Pennsylvania [June...
...long run, music at Harvard is neither a craft nor an art--it's a pastime. A bit of display, a large dose of arrogance as well as a helping of pure delight in making sound out of a printed page: these are the ingredients in the Harvard musical loaf. There are those who would rather eat cake, but in any case there is little danger of starvation
...last year MacBird (we are told) has been circulating at anti-war rallies and publishers' luncheons, waiting for a cause to happen to it. None did, and the critics made their own. MacDonald, Brustein, Clureman and Robert Lowell declared the play a theatrical experience of sheer delight, even if its political argument was pernicious nonsense; Kerr and Lionel Abel took no delight at all in the politics, and found no other grounds for applause. MacBird's referents in real life are obvious and tangible: a jowly, gutter-mouthed Lyndon Johnson supported by assorted cronies and a megalomaniacal wife; a string...
...fraternity is an outgrowth of an interfaith meeting in Paris last spring, organized by Jesuit Theologian Jean Daniélou and Father Michel Hayek of Lebanon, lecturer on Christian-Moslem relations. To their delight, both Moslems and Jews accepted invitations to attend. "The discussion was often hot," Hayek recalls, "but no one threw any chairs." A series of subsequent discussions proved so rewarding that three months ago the leaders formed the Fraternity of Abraham-named after the Old Testament prophet revered by all three religions...
Most claimants, Vice President C. A. DesChamps found to his delight, "don't decide to bring a lawsuit later." Other companies, notably State Farm Mutual and Allstate, have cut their overhead costs by using their own salesmen rather than outside agencies. Ultimately, however, insurance men agree that the best way to reduce costs is to cut down on accidents...