Word: generously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile, the Senate got ready to pass its handiwork this week by a generous vote. It was left to Georgia's Dick Russell to administer the coup de grâce in grand style. The South, said he after a post-victory caucus, had decided not to filibuster against the bill as it now stands...
...through its $500 million European Payments Union loan; the $300 million advanced a month ago from the Bank of France's precious gold reserves "will not last beyond the end of September." For the first time since World War II France can no longer count on generous transfusions ($5.5 billions in U.S. aid since...
...Gondoliers is the very best of G & S, or whether by 1889, when it was first produced, the old formula was becoming somewhat stylized and losing its freshness. Actually, I subscribe to the former view, for the opera contains some of the most ingenious of Gilbert's lyrics, a generous supply of Sullivan's best tunes, and more than a sprinkling of biting satire which seems even more relevant today than...
...Congressmen receive $22,500 annually, have franking privileges plus generous allowances for stationery, office expenses, clerks' salaries, and one trip home each year...
...head, led a hard-riding gang, "bailed up" banks, "duffed" horses, stood off whole companies of police troopers. The gang, which included Ned's brother Dan, bulletproofed themselves in massive vests beaten out of plowshares and canlike helmets. Staging holdups on a grand scale, the gang was generous with its loot, reserved its gunfire primarily for the police, and acquired the aura of latter-day Robin Hoods...