Word: generously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...human, of course-once he fired five shots at a cop who was ungallantly arresting a woman on a dark street-but in general he was a quiet citizen. He was a good husband and father (he lived with his wife and two adopted children) and he was generous with his girl friends and relatives...
...Oxford Group meetings. He now disclaims any interest in the Oxford Group, has never met Founder Frank Buchman. Truman jokes that he always seems to get back in the old parish "about the time they are raising money." But Pastor E. W. Bowman says the Senator is a generous contributor. Although last week's Christian Century called Truman "a religious man," the Senator confesses that he has "never been a very active churchgoer." Last Sunday he was fishing in Chesapeake Bay with Speaker Sam Rayburn. But his view of churches is catholic: "I think they are all headed...
...doubt you are wondering how they are faring. . . . Back there in Britain life seemed so generous to them-clothes, food, equipment and money, particularly money. . . . [You] wondered how these American cousins of ours with their neatly creased clothes and their fondness for what seemed to us to be luxuries would face the stubborn...
...mothers they adore, youngsters with sweethearts back home to whom they're longing to return, men who to our astonishment don't boast or chew gum, don't get fresh and who genuinely appreciate a friendly smile, a chat, a cup of tea, are ridiculously generous...
...tall and pale, with slender legs and a generous bust. Her long black hair had a natural curl. "She had no illusions, and was frankly infatuated with herself...