Word: easygoingness
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Bridie was the child of a Protestant father and a Catholic serving-girl mother. In border County Fermanagh, that was enough to brand her. When Bridie was orphaned, she was disowned by her father's Protestant family and brought up by her mother's sister, a dour, devout...
Easygoing James Bruce soon had headaches galore. Argentina had stopped payments on U.S. investments. Strict regulations worked against U.S. capital and business in Argentina. Last June the U.S. contributed a crusher: EGA hinted that unless Argentina stopped gouging its customers, EGA would buy no Argentine wheat or beef-in other...
Swoons & Spoons. The Roosevelts occupied the whole second floor, which swarmed with children, grandchildren and pets. Affectionate, easygoing, they were the least of Mrs. Nesbitt's worries.
This was good reliable fun when Jean Gabin starred in it (Pépé le Moko, 1937) and when Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr adorned it (Algiers, 1938); it is good fun still. The older versions were slicker moviemaking but took this likable trash more seriously than it is...
The sense of power and glory that was Britain and might be Britain still is not in these men. They seem too humble even for middleclass, easygoing Scarborough, and much too modest for its Grand Hotel. Yet these modest men indubitably believe themselves the architects of a greater Britain, followers...