Word: fondly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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English 1--Will be under Jones, inspiring and amusing lecturer but addicted to formulas and fond of debunking. Not recommended to Freshmen who have had a prep school survey course...
Actor Welles was bom May 6, 1915, under the sign of Taurus ("The Bull" -April 20 to May 20). Says American Astrology's character delineation of the child of Taurus: Personality: "Fond of . . . the finer-things in life. . . . Eyes large, face broad, body heavy set and inclining to be fleshy." Finances: "He shall personally own that which he works with, or is interested in. . . ." Health: "If there is one thing that Taurus likes better than a big juicy steak it is the money with which to buy another one. . . ." Vocation: "Taurus is the sign governing the throat and vocal...
...nightclubs and is the daughter of Oilman James Andrew Moffett, filed a bankruptcy petition in Manhattan. Listing liabilities of $9,961 and assets of $1,800 (including two Sealyham dogs valued at $200), she blamed her financial distress on a spending spree. Said she: "I guess I was too fond of buying clothes...
Until he began gathering material for this biography, Author West shared the conventional view of his subject: Darwinism he took for granted; Darwin the man he regarded with "faint distaste" as a too typical Victorian. When he became better acquainted with his material, he changed his mind. He became fond of Darwin the man, and he made a shocking discovery about Darwinism. He discovered that Fascists, Communists and rugged individualists all claim direct descent from Darwin's theory of the Survival of the Fittest. What these monstrous descendants ignore, decided Author West, is that Darwin got his Survival theory...
Three facts convinced him, he went on, that he liked America. First, he was used to the country; second, he particularly was fond of New England and the eastern strip of New York. Concerning the people in this section, he said, "I do not like all the people but many of them." Third, he had a nice home with electricity and running water. "The R. P. I. sent me out to pasture and I did rather well," he said, commenting on his dismissal from Rensselaer Institute. All this he boiled down to the single fact that he was having...