Word: enjoyments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President packed six days of desk work into four, gave over one to his role in the homecoming of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz. One thing Harry Truman does not like about his job is its fuss and fanfare. But one ceremonial task the President evidently does enjoy is awarding medals to servicemen and shaking their hands. On "Nimitz Day" he presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to eleven marines and three Navy men. He said to them what he always says on such an occasion: "I would rather have this medal than be President." He shook hands with...
Sirs: Refurart (referring to your article) "Oinc, Moinc, Soinc" [TIME, Sept. 10], perhaps the puckish Washington Post would enjoy estimating the thousands of man-hours . . . annually saved by frequent use of the 30-page abbreviation annex ... to the U.S. Naval Communication Instructions alone...
Sometimes, in Southern California, the fleas get so bad that people can't enjoy the wonderful, dry weather. Casting about for a remedy, Santa Barbara's Dr. Howard L. Eder decided to dose his patients with thiamin chloride (vitamin BI)-a treatment which had proved successful in repelling mosquitoes...
...Tigers could really enjoy their fan mail (see cut), and Manager Steve O'Neill could breathe easier. He had been holding his breath for three months as the Tigers grimly held their first-place grip. A down-to-earth Irishman, O'Neill had done much with little...
...woman who does not really enjoy housekeeping but persists in "dutiful or neurotic drudgery" and complains to everybody about it. Freudian explanation: she is probably sexually maladjusted, since people should like work, which is a form of sexual satisfaction, besides satisfying an "instinct to master" the environment...