Word: gladding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...magnificent story. Am glad to see that credit is given when credit is due. He justly deserves...
...tragedy. When Actor Theodore Tenley (as Dr. Dodd) was "hanged," he actually blacked out on camera from what doctors said might have been "a psychological reaction to overrealistic acting." But Tenley so admired Ustinov's strikingly original portrayal that he sent a note saying, "I'd be glad to be hanged again," to which Ustinov replied: "Sir, I believe that for the crime of playing with Ustinov, the death penalty would be too severe. But I shall include in my Dictionary the definition of the word Dodd as 'a man who would die more than once...
Hopeful, Thankful & Glad. Though he suffered through two heart attacks, Holt journeyed to Korea eight times. In Seoul he built his own orphanage, now supervised by two of his daughters. Back home, he turned the Holt playroom into a bustling office, hired secretaries to deal with requests from potential foster parents. The Holts now keep three bulging file cases: Hopeful ("Letters from people hoping for a child"), Thankful ("A child has been assigned and is awaiting transportation in Korea") and Glad ("The child is in America...
...these kids is worth all it costs. I had to see an awful lot of little kids die. I hate that. We try to be thankful to the Lord every day, and we are. I'm sure that the Lord has accomplished a great deal, and we are glad to be used of him to accomplish this...
Principal champion of the bill was blustering, barrel-chested Krobo ("The Crowbar") Edusei, whose power and prestige as Nkrumah's Minister of the Interior would be immeasurably enhanced by its passage. "I'm glad to say," said Edusei, who tends to see a potential subversive behind every tree, "that the country as a whole is quieter now than it has been in three years. But there are still those who, if the opportunity offered, would be ready for a resort to force." The proposed bill is only a routine restatement of emergency powers granted during World...