Word: fond
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...taken her in. The U.N. Civil Assistance Command has been looking after the Ahns for a couple of years; the kids are outfitted in olive-drab pants. Mrs. Ahn wears a dogskin neckpiece, a relic of the old days, of which she is very fond; at 31, a widow in a country where widows are unwanted, Mrs. Ahn has not much to look forward to, but if she can find her father, they will make a home...
Fair, who met his wife while both were studying the violin in Germany, is especially fond of classical music. "Brahms is my favorite composer," he chuckles, "but that date...
...Brazil's mood appears far from revolutionary. Political tension building toward an eruption of violence is not evident; the voters who swept Getulio into office still feel fond of him. They blame high prices, their worst problem, on "the men around Vargas." In explanation of the old (69) man's inactivity, they would probably accept the statement he made privately last week. "I never knew," said Getulio, "that these first two years would be so hard...
Juan Perón is fond of saying that Plato's ideal of the benevolent philosopher-ruler has at last been achieved in Argentina. Doctor (honoris causa) of the University of Buenos Aires and author of the "20 truths" of Peronismo (social justice, old-age pensions, etc.), Perón sees himself as a sage as well as a strong man. Last week some of Perón's lectures at the Peronista Normal School for party leaders were published in book form in Buenos Aires; they glittered with inside dope on how to grab and hold political...
Seton Hall Basketball Coach John ("Honey") Russell is fond of saying: "With Walter Dukes, you could play four midgets and still have a helluva team." In the next breath, Russell is apt to reverse himself and announce that towering (6 ft. 11 in.) Dukes would not be any good without his present playmates. The truth lies somewhere in between. Last week Seton Hall's Dukes & Co. was the nation's No. 1 team (for the third week in a row in both A.P. and U.P. polls); Dukes was third among major-college scorers* (average: 26.86 points a game...