Word: generously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dangers of inflicting this choice on us are obvious. As Hoffer says, "When we see the bloodshed, terror and destruction born of such generous enthusiasms as the love of God, love of Christ, love of nation, compassion for the oppressed, and so on, we usually blame this shameful perversion on a cynical, power-hungry leadership. Actually, it is the unification set in motion by these enthusiasms . . . that transmutes noble impulses into a reality of hatred and violence . . ." If there is a God, and I believe there is. He certainly wants His creations to remain individuals rather than...
...description of the ingrediants of a great party--plenty of good liquor, attractive girls, music loud but not blaring in the background, a generous amount of extroverts--served to make the host slightly uneasy about the quality of his own affair. Consequently, even if he does not know the free-loader (which should be the case), he will put on a special effort to make him at home, i.e. ply him with liquor...
...reached a new low; indeed a contemporary belief remains that there exists nothing creative about good criticism and that the foundation of success on the printing press depends on whether you serve Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Barnes and Mr. Gibbs with Haig and Haig or indifferent Walker Red Label in generous doses before curtain time...
...pamphlet, Gates suggests that as a starter towards understanding his theory, girls may "but my book, which explains everything in much greater detail, or become an agent for it at a generous commission...
Assuming a generous average building height of 20 stories, and 15 windows per floor per block, this means that an average of 25 people were at every window to watch general pass. Of course, while the parade was moving along the East River Drive, there were only buildings on one side, so that each window has to serve 50 spectators. As for Central Park where there are no buildings, the only possibility is that New Yorkers were crowded 100 deep and shoulder to shoulder along each side of the route...