Word: genial
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Absolute tsar of all he surveys is the correspondents' genial dean. Addicted to chess, rich tweeds and almost flammable Virginia cigarets, Dean Young long ago began whiling away hours during dull administrations by practicing Senatorial mannerisms, gradually became more Senatorially impressive than most lawmakers...
...News & Courier Editor Ball wrote gallantly: "Is it expected and demanded that a newspaper calling itself honest should stand by in silence, lest some of its friends suffer loss by not sharing in extravagant and wasteful spending of public money by genial politicians? ... If the editor of the News & Courier is an obstacle to Charleston, a thorn in its flesh, he ... is prepared at a moment's notice to remove himself. He is not prepared to move from his opinion...
Although denying rumors that he was 72, but admitting that he was over 21, the genial officer was proud to say that he was still young enough to act as a Red Cross Senior life-saver at the Medford lake during the summer...
...York City, Transcontinental & Western Air's genial Eastern manager, Stick Randall, went to an auction sale (proceeds to Finland), bought: a Dorothy Lamour sarong (used), $25; Paulette Goddard nightgown (used), $30; three of Jimmy Cagney's neckties (brand-new), $22.* Other Finland fans bought Greta Garbo's evening gloves, Josef Lhevinne's autographed concert handkerchief...
...union which collects royalties on every musical broadcast. Last spring Montana broadcasters got so fed up they had a law passed outlawing ASCAP's royalties. When ASCAP insisted on royalty payments, one broadcaster filed charges of extortion. Montana authorities then tried to arrest ASCAP's genial President Gene Buck...