Word: fondly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...word is in the dictionary. Mr. Lewis is fond of $15 words...
...made by his wife. Most informed opinion in Montana seems to be that the Senator has lost strength in the past year but that if he had to stand for election today against any other candidate now in sight he would almost certainly win: the State is not too fond of his isolationism but he has a proved capacity for getting votes on other issues (farm aid, silver, labor legislation, etc.) and a strong political organization...
...after 27 years in the State Department, he still keeps a reputation for all work and no play. Like many another hard-working American, he has no hobby except detective novels. He and his wife are fond of giving dinners for several hundred guests. The dinners are always connected with State Department business. His cook (a Belgian), who has been with him for 20 years, never flinches...
Advantage to Cuba is that it would help stabilize the island's mercurial economy. But many Cubans (especially sugar growers and grinders) are not too fond of stability when sugar prices are rising. The U.S. negotiators may run into trouble aplenty. In Havana last week, an executive of the Cane Planters Association blasted the plan, declared: "We believe the 1942 crop can be sold advantageously at market prices during the year...
...amplification of his ideas concerning the health and sickness of nations, Professor Hooton has made a number of observations about other European nations as well. He is fond of comparing nations and their diseases to humans and their allments. "In some, national discase manifests itself mainly in lethargy, stagnation, and general debility. In others, unfortunately, it takes the form of frenzy, and the entire state rums amok wreaking world wide havoc...