Word: fondly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...choice seemed to fill the bill. It proved a huge hit with the Scots, who called her a "bra', bonny lassie," and also with the Sassenachs, who have dubbed her "Alexandra the Great." Britons of all walks of life have become increasingly fond of effervescent Alex in recent years as their fascination with Princess Margaret has faded. Since her marriage, the senior princess has drawn heavy criticism for shirking her royal duties while drawing a $42,000 yearly stipend from the government. Alexandra, unsubsidized and unstuffy, has filled the vacuum with easy dignity and endearing warmth. On her first...
...protection against the chilly water. She spurns the traditional coating of axle grease, uses heavy-grade Vaseline instead: it is lighter, more water-repellent. And when she is in the water, her thoughts are miles away. "I concentrate on my family and other people who are fond of me," she says. "The worst thing you can do is worry about whether you'll make...
Last winter, after an investigation by Bobby Kennedy's Justice Department (Ghighi is not nearly so fond of Bobby as he is of the other Kennedys), Cassini was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of failing to register as an agent of a foreign government. His trial is set for next month. After the indictment, Charlene's father, who never cared much for the columnist, seemed downright hostile to the Cassinis...
Jakob is hemmed in by the paraphernalia of a semipolice state-threats of jail, surveillance, party slogans. Jakob's mother and the girl are already in the West. Why doesn't Jakob join them? Jakob is not fond of the party, or of the Russians. But he takes pride in doing his job well. When a Russian troop train must be rushed through to put down the 1956 Hungarian uprising, he shunts off local traffic to let it pass. He rejects a colleague's suggestion that the switchmen should hold it up. Such a gesture...
...Great Heron islands of this world have been doomed so long now that nobody, least of all fond Author Stevenson, can take them seriously. But as resident Prospero to a tempest in a teapot, he obviously could not end on a dying fall. To no one's surprise. McKinney, bulldozers and all, never gets to make the island into a museum. Stevenson has neatly tended to that himself...