Word: genial
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Normally genial, Labor Party Leader "Old George" Lansbury smelled "corruption" in the fact that James Ramsay Mac-Donald, although no longer Prime Minister, continues to draw ?2,000 ($10,000) yearly in the sinecure of Lord President of the Council while his son Malcolm, as Colonial Secretary, draws ?,.000 ($25,000). Roared Old George: "If any local council had taken two of its members and given them relatively these same positions there would have been an instant uproar in Parliament and Prime Minister MacDonald would have protested as loudly as anyone...
Racing toward the U. S. this week on the Italian liner Rex was honest, naïve, likable, tousle-haired Joseph Aloysius Lyons, Premier of the Commonwealth of Australia, soon to swap grins in the White House with Franklin Delano Roosevelt and indulge in genial economic horse trading...
Basil L. ("Stuffy") Walters, 39, short, barrel-shaped (100-lb.) and genial, is managing editor of both the Register (morning) and Tribune (evening). Between his two staffs, entirely separate for each paper, has grown a genuine news rivalry, essential in a city where there is no other local competition...
...formerly] was a member of the Ohio State athletic publicity staff. Naturally, in this office I came in daily contact with the genial Jesse, and his capable coach, Larry Snyder. We freely and frequently chatted about this subject. Here is what Jesse thought about...
...offer of a new life in Matanuska Valley (TIME, May 6; LETTERS, May 27). Leaving their wives & children behind for a few days, 136 men swung aboard day coaches, rode all night to Palmer. There they lined up with their 67 predecessors, shuffled past the colony's genial Chief Don Irwin, dipping their hands into his hat. A slip of paper told each man which 40 acres, barring swaps, failure or despair, were to be his home until he died. Without a stop to look at their new land, the 136 new colonists pitched in to help unload...