Word: genial
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that he is a great Christian. Slumming to him has been no ideal diversion; it has been his vocation--his life. He has gone out into Victoria part to meet the Atheists face to face, to answer their pet poses with ready wit, and win their hearts by his genial comradeship. He has the same access to the rich as to the poor. He does not divorce preaching and practise...
...portly kiosk women of Warsaw, genial news venders, beamed red and perspiring last week in their little booths, changed many a hastily proffered zloty, sold twice their usual quota of newspapers...
...Genial Jeffersonian...
...sovereignty of France has been upheld in her Syrian League Mandate during the past year by two diametrically antithetical High Commissioners: the ruthless martinet, General Maurice Serrail, who was recalled after he bombarded Damascus (TIME, Nov. 9, 1925); and the genial editor of Le Matin, Henry de Jouvenel (TIME, Nov. 30, 1925), who returned to Paris recently and reported Syria still far from pacified...
...fairness, a good cast does almost make a play out of this. As the titular heroine, Sylvia Field spits and flares conscientiously and with charm. Possible success of the show, however, if any, will redound mainly to the credit of Actor Russell Mack, who, as a genial reversion to the Show-Off type (famed in George Kelly's play), was applauded at every turn...