Word: fond
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thing, Germans are now fond of seeing war movies. German exhibitors discovered that even U.S. war films, depicting Germans as hateful Nazis, went over big. Now German-made films are going in for World War II dramas. Battling from the outset against impending doom-for after all, Germany lost the war-their heroes always turn against the villainous Gestapo or otherwise show that, deep down inside, their hearts belong to the Hitler Resistance, before riding off in tank, sub or Stuka to their Valhalla...
Thomas E. Petri of Fond du Lac, Wisc. and Matthews Hall was elected President of the Harvard Freshman Union Committee last night. Richard Crystal was elected vice-President and treasurer and Peter A. Beinstalk was elected Secretary. Student Council representatives are Mahamoud M. Shabander, John J. Harris, Harry M. Lindquist, and Howard J. Phillips...
Indeed, many of those responsible for the program feel that its best use is not merely to supplement work on a thesis or preparation for generals, but to foster projects which are intellectual ends in themselves. It is a fond hope that the English concentrator may become interested in the art of printing and study illuminated manuscripts, or that the Chemistry major steep himself in Civil War lore. Such "non-functional" ventures, springing from personal curiosity, offer the gratification of solitary scholarship, the satisfaction of a discipline stemming from self and subject alone...
...estimated 5,000,000 hunting dogs that will be roaming the autumn landscape, only a small percentage are formally registered by their owners, many of whom balk at the expense and bother. But the vast majority are purebred nonetheless and, as many a fond owner will testify, prove just as efficient in the field as those whose ancestry is a matter of record...
...fond d'un regard que Von decouvre une ame," insisted the soulful pitchman for a mascara pencil...