Word: genial
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President was in a genial mood as he reached the Beacon Street house of his son John yesterday afternoon, following a hectic day's campaigning through Massachusetts...
Basing his hopes on the showing his team made yesterday Coach Mikkola afterward expressed optimism about next week's Big Three triangular meet with Princeton and Yale. "We have as good a chance as anyone," the genial Finn assorted...
...Department of National Defense better than separate ones for Army and Navy? Canada went into the war with such a department, nominally still has one. But the job was too big; the organization was overwhelmed. So Canada backtracked, provided Ministers for Air -able Charles Gavan ("Chubby") Powers -Navy (gentle, genial Angus Macdonald) and Army (Defense Minister James Layton Ralston, No. 1 dynamo of Canada's wartime machine). All have Cabinet rank; each has his own organization. Only when matters affecting two or more services come up does Mr. Ralston on occasion function as top Minister. Then the three Ministers...
...Foreign Missions Conference of North America represents 129 Protestant church boards in the U. S. and Canada. Last week into the newly created job of F. M. C. general secretary stepped the Rev. Emory Ross. For 28 years he has been a missionary in Africa, a balding genial mission executive...
About ten men from last year's squad, that went through a tough schedule without a defeat, have been working out under the genial Jaakko during the last few days but so far practice has been limited to limbering up and easy jogging...