Word: enlighten
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thank God.") There was a deeper reason for his satisfaction: he was set to face U.S. audiences with an orchestra of his own-an enterprise "I have undertaken in a becoming spirit of modesty and humility." In fact, beamed Sir Thomas, he had come "neither to educate nor to enlighten, but only to please...
...whose executives have a passion for anonymity, needed only a three-sentence press release last week to say that Ralph W. Burger had been named to succeed David T. Bofinger, who died last December. To businessmen, 61-year-old Burger was almost completely unknown, and A. & P. did not enlighten them. He had never been listed in Who's Who in America nor in any of the other directories with which U.S. industry keeps track...
...Greenough Smith wanted an article on orchids and the writer protested that he "hardly knew an orchid from a geranium," the editor replied: "Just the thing. I will give you an introduction to the greatest of orchid growers, and if you will write an article on what interests and enlightens you, then [it] will interest and enlighten the public in general." The Strand became a part of British life, from drawing room to below stairs, and colonials fondly regarded it as "a bit of London" in their far-off homes...