Word: fond
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...arrival in the hamlets was received much as the children greet circuses in our small towns. After much gaping staring and laughter the chiefs most of them nice old fellows would step forward to greet us. An exchange of presents was the usual token of friendship. They are extremely fond of tobacco down there in fact so much so that it is used as currency the value being determined by the size of the heads. We carried a tremendous supply with us for trading purposes...
...like jazz though," concluded Bob. "I can't make heads nor tails of it. I am fond of love songs. 'Let Me Call You Sweetheart' is my favorite on the Victrola...
...tell me what to do with my 22-year old son?" was the request in the dulcet tones of a fond but foolish mother. He is very mischievous and misbehaved, and I simply can't do a thing with him. Do you think it a good idea to put him on a boat under a stern old sea captain all summer and not permit him to land...
...someone was asking about my recipes. . . . King Edward, now, was fond of your Virginia ham. I never baked it. I used to boil it slow, so it was almost steamed. You know the year of the ham, and you soak it a short time or a long one, depending on whether it's a good year or not. Then you tie it up in a cloth like a pudding. It's very good cooked in beer, too, just a little beer, and steamed. Then when it's done-no sauce-just pour some plain champagne...
Many persons, of envious temper, or lacking in aesthetic sense, have sneered at the face of John D. Rockefeller Sr. The legends that Mr. Rockefeller is fond of vinegar-pickle, that he drinks hot milk, plays golf in trousers ten years old and never tips more than a dime have so prejudiced these persons that when they see the face of Mr. Rockefeller in the rotogravure section, smiling at golf balls or giving dimes to children, they perceive that the face is old, and say that it is mean. John Singer Sargent, greatest of U. S. portrait painters, had another...