Word: gladding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wish for it, had always been a continual preoccupation of Freud's mind as far back as we know anything about it." Freud's reactions to his mother's death at 95 were unusual. She had been in great pain, so he was glad of her release. Beyond that, he was relieved that now he was free to die without causing her grief-he had always, he said, been afraid that he might die first and cause her suffering. Freudian Jones sees in this an unanalytic rationalization, suggests that unconsciously Freud could not bear the possibility...
...three hours before Porcello, a member of the Greek Orthodox Church, and his Roman Catholic wife hadn't objected to their daughter's choice, merely wanted her to wait until she was older. Last week, in New York Magistrate's court, contrite Dr. Porcello ("I am glad that I did not hit a window; the hand of God prevented that") received a suspended sentence. He also learned a lesson in church law: the church may permit priests to marry minors despite their parents' objections if these objections are considered "gravely unreasonable...
Whether the terms themselves survive, the Madison Avenue method of expression is likely to endure for many years, Any PR man will be glad to let you in on the trend...
...Cairnie refuses to sell. More recently, he attracted some magazine publicity. "I got two letters from that article," he told me. "One was from a lady who makes hummingbird houses and the other was from a fellow who runs a book shop like mine. I guess he was just glad to find out there was somebody else like him in the world...
...airline. But this is one argument that really riles U.S. airlines. While it is true that the airline business is getting more expensive, the fact that international airlines are also instruments of national prestige means that every nation, big or little, wants one, and that governments are only too glad to step in with the necessary subsidies to buy new equipment...