Word: gladding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...church steps afterward, William Melish shook hands with his embattled parishioners. An angry woman strode up to him from the street and said: "You are a disgrace to the church." "I am glad you told me to my face," said William Melish...
...head, doughty Author Waugh comes at least partly to grips with just about every personal, social and political problem that modern life can present. He even tackles that old favorite of the girls: Should I be a Good-Time-with-the-Boys or a Darling-I'm-So-Glad-I-Waited lassie? Waugh's implication (that men are much too dumb to know if a girl has waited or not) is the only trace of cynicism in a book that is filled to overflowing with a sense of boneless wonder...
Speaking about the relation of playwright to director Anderson praised Kazan's genius, describing how he works up to a play by studying the author as well as the script. Anderson didn't think much of the idea of a writer-director. He said he was personally glad to have someone else work with the actors to get at his meaning, especially a director like Kazan, who he feels has a knack for getting a great deal out of the actor. By revealing personal things about himself, Anderson explained, Kazan gets his actors to do the same--making their experience...
...everyone is glad to see the Gonaxis arrive in California. The state has its own carnivorous snails, and for years they have been doing a good job of keeping native California snails in check. Why import a foreign variety? In reply, Clausen points to the fact that California snails have generally stuck to wild areas, and presumably could not be coaxed into orchards. More over, says Clausen, he does not fear that the Gonaxis will devour the Helix and turn to other food. Long before that happens, the law of supply and demand will take over, freezing the population...
...Michigan, Curtice spends most of his week nights not in his home in Flint but in the nine-room suite in the G.M. Building. On top of this, he is often on the road for days at a time. During the course of a year he probably glad-hands more people than the President of the U.S. But he likes it all-the headaches, the demanding hours, and the vast rewards...