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Word: geniality (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...them are wizards of the Boston media, and they enjoy one another's wit almost as much as they enjoy cutting in with a bon mot of their own. It's an invigorating workout just to keep up with them, and Sher presides with the indulgence of a genial night watchman in the Mensa wing at Bedlam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parties for Smarties | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...name and a lady friend who didn't burst into screams every time she caught sight of him. The result didn't quite match King Kong, arguably the movies' most intense portrayal of unrequited love, but it remains a sweet memory, now happily recalled by director Ron Underwood's genial remake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ho, Ho (Well, No) | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...HEPCAT Right on Time (Hellcat) This nine-member band, based in Los Angeles, plays old-school ska with sweet vocals and warm, gentle horns. The songs, many of them genial ballads and jazzy instrumentals, breeze by, carefree but never insubstantial. This is an album that makes you dream of the Caribbean, or of dancing under starlight, or perhaps both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Best Of 1998 Music | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

Never the curmudgeon of myth, Rockefeller had a droll, genial personality that masked supreme cunning and formidable self-control. It is certainly true that he was not the least bit squeamish about tough tactics. He colluded with railroads to gain preferential freight rates, secretly owned rivals, bribed state legislators and engaged in industrial espionage. From Cleveland, he rolled up one refining center after another until his control was absolute. He was still in his 30s, the boy wonder of American business. At the same time, he was a devout Baptist with a ministerial air, who professed to have no less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blessed Barons | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

When most people think of Pete Rozelle, if they think at all of Pete Rozelle, they probably recall a genial fellow with a balding pate and the ready smile of a car salesman who popped up at the end of the Super Bowl. Rozelle was the commissioner of the National Football League, of course, but what did that really mean? The players played, the coaches coached, the owners owned, the fans stomped and hollered, but what the hell does a commissioner do? Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PETE ROZELLE: Football's High Commissioner | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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