Word: genial
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Borden ("Daisy") Harriman, who has been a woman for 66 years, had been a diplomat only five minutes when, immediately after being sworn in as Minister to Norway (TIME, April 12 et seq.), she received the press. At her elbow stood the State Department's grey, genial pressagent, Chief Michael J. McDermott of the Division of Current Information...
Another explanation of the drooping stockmarket arrived from Britain last week in a fortnightly letter published by Silverston & Co., London brokers. Written by W. B. Burton-Baldry. a genial Silverston partner who sprinkles his work with classical quotations and likes to spend his vacations in the U. S., the letter suggested that in view of the fact that the London Stock Exchange had just enjoyed the worst three-week break since the War, Britain could do worse than get itself an SEC. Wrote sarcastic Broker Burton-Baldry...
...take notes on, MacDougall--Clock--excellent organizer. Baxter--good influence--complete lectures on dull material. Forbes--learned--boring lecturer--pleasant to meet--too much. German makes advanced inorganic grim. Jones--helpful--lectures well. Bartlett--Advanced course excellent--lectures in B dull-good advisor. Fieser--lectures best in the department--genial but poor adviser. Jacobs--lectures coordinated but uninteresting--improving--willing laboratory assistant. Helpful younger men--Lundstedt, Swift, Tamblyn, Dunn, Avery, Tuemmler, H. T, nd. R. B. Thompson...
Play. Play-of-the-year, according to the Pulitzer pickers, was You Can't Take It With You, a genial, highly professional piece of playwrighting by George S. Kaufman (Merrily We Roll Along, Stage Door), and Moss Hart (Once In A Lifetime, Jubilee) (TIME, Dec. 28). Sombre-eyed, successful Mr. Kaufman was in on the 1932 award for his part in Of Thee I Sing...
...good fight, decided that the hour had come to show the taxpayers that their money was not being wasted. So, raring to go, a stupid handful of "cops" used tear gas, abusive language and "got rough". The result was rather alarming, as a mob that had been genial, even-tempered and in a sky-larking mood only several minutes before, became surly and pugnacious. It was not until bursars cards were confiscated, and the tear gas began to take effect that the riot was broken up with much bad feeling on both sides...