Word: gladder
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Shortly after World War II began, it was decided to revive the play. There were some fears that it might have ad-libbed its usefulness, that jesting at patriotism might not go down in wartime. The fears were groundless. With tension in the air, people have been gladder than ever to relax, and with soldiers in the audience, the wisecracks are even rawer than they used...
...nervous did Adamic finally become about Jugoslavian censorship that he decided to leave the country unexpectedly. Safely across the border with the notes for his book, he breathed more easily. Though he was glad to have seen the old country again, he was yet gladder that he did not have to live there. He feels sorry for Jugoslavians, thinks they are condemned to be cannon fodder at no distant date...
...roamed the world with a biological eye, has written many papers and books including Common Wealth (1925) in which he approached economics from a sociobiological viewpoint. Although he has but one child he delights in the fact that that child has four children and "would probably be gladder if she had six." He tramps, fences when he has time, prefers an evening of conversation to all but the most serious drama...