Word: gladding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wisdom & Discipline. In Hanoi, for 70 years a French colonial city, the people were glad to see the French go. Some of the people were also glad to see the Viet Minh come, and the rest were at least resigned to it. But underneath there was uncertainty and fear, a sudden throb of violence. There would be no more "squeeze" (graft for politicians)-but a shopkeeper was told one morning that he must pay 100% tax upon his inventory. There would be no more banditry-a robber was executed at the scene of his crime, and left to lie there...
Wrote Mr. Kim: "I am glad to inform you that both Ronnie and his mother are doing fine. After being in a cast from the neck down to the knees for months and crawling like a turtle, Ronnie was finally let out of the cast. Now he is able to walk. Every day he walks to his mother's office, where she supervises the nurses' training school. He is able to kick a soccer ball almost as well as any normal boy. His ambition is to become a doctor. My wife still walks with a slight limp...
...glad, unquestioning hand marks Brown's social attitude, it is with integrity and experimental dedication that it approaches its curriculum. Almost unheralded, President Wriston introduced in January, 1953, a set of courses in the Identification and Criticism of Ideas, which he calls, "the exciting thing in education in America today...
...appointment was predicted yesterday by Paul A. Freund, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of International Law, who said, "If I were making a bet, I'd place it on Harlan." Last night, he added that "a prophet is always glad to be vindicated. It has every promise of turning out to be an excellent selection. Judge Harlan is very well regarded by both the bar and judges in New York...
Dean of the Law School Erwin N. Griswold also expressed satisfaction at the nomination. "I'm glad to say it is an excellent choice. Judge Harlan is extremely well-qualified for the position...