Word: generously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With his plans in disarray around him, Nehru subsided into grumbling silence. It was the cue for Chou Enlai, in his most generous mood, to step forward...
...forte of the March of Dimes. While the organization can hardly expect to dramatize the slow and careful final work on Salk vaccine, it can easily bring the tragedy of leukemia, rheumatic fever, or some other disease to the hearts of the people. Responding in this appeal in their generous and sympathetic manner, Americans can help the March of Dimes conquer another health menace...
THREE years ago the Lutheran bishops of Sweden caused an uproar by coming out against sin. The occasion was a pastoral letter on sexual morality. Tactfully vague, and generous toward "weaknesses of the flesh," the letter said in effect that the Lutheran Church was opposed to birth control, abortion and promiscuity, especially among the young. In no other country would the letter have caused more than a ripple. But in modern Sweden, where sociology has become a religion in itself, and birth control, abortion and promiscuity -especially among the young-are recognized as inalienable rights, there was a tidal wave...
...climax of the evening came in Robert Freeman's reading of the Mozart Piano Concerto N. 22. He imparted all the clarity the score demands, yet never thumped the keys; his runs contained generous coloring, yet were without excessive pianistic mannerisms. Freeman's use of rubato may be circumspect to some, but it certainly never passed the bound of good taste. A particularly delightful detail was his articulation of the finale's main theme. Because of his slight stress on the last note of the motive, its repeated rhythm could never even approach monotony. The orchestra provided superb accompaniment...
...affairs of Stephen Crane, I feel compelled to state that Crane's drinking, social or otherwise, seemed less than enthusiastic . . . Over a half century ago when A Derelict, a short story by Richard Harding Davis, appeared, it was whispered among the literati that Channing, the more than generous newspaper correspondent of the tale, was actually Stephen Crane. Davis denied the supposed inference . . . I hope it is not about to be resurrected by Mr. Sinclair...