Word: generously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thin, unfunny in spots and marred on the première by the brandied roarings of a number of Mr. Astaire's fashionable friends, Gay Divorce nevertheless provides a generous measure of polite entertainment. Luella Gear, cast as Actress Luce's guide, philosopher and friend, is dryly humorous, sings one funny song about a "brave young American girl of 37" who proclaims herself "true to the Red. White & Blue" at a Communist gathering, another about an unfortunate family of Fitches. Eric Blore plays an amusing barman...
...library contains over twenty thousand volumes,--considerably more than the largest of the House libraries. In its early days the library received a large gift from James Hazon Hyde '98, and over the years has been given books by many Harvard authors. It has been maintained and enlarged by generous gifts, especially the gift in memory of Robert F. Simes '85, and the gift from the Class of 1878, a large portion of which is used annually for the purchase of new books. For many years Professor Copeland and Professor G. H. Chase and others have met frequently to select...
...many fields of endeavor to which Dr. Abbott Lawrence has for half a century dedicated his talents leave to commentators a generous variety of laurels and bays to bestow...
...died on the battlefields of the past. No matter how we may regard the cause that they championed, we must acknowledge that they championed, we must acknowledge that they championed it with loyalty and courage. No matter how sincerely we reject the spirit that animated them, it is only generous to remember that they were equally sincere in following that spirit. No matter how misguided their ideal, as we see it, they supported their deal with valor and surrendered their lives to what they considered truth; hence, they are entitled to the name of hero and martyr. Heroism transcends...
...certain Louis Seize drawing room where a joyful terrier momentarily basks before a crackling hickory fire, he wonders dimly how he will endure humdrum Cambridge till June. At this point in his cogitation he wanders absently to the punch bowl, and helps himself to a bit more, with a generous spike...