Word: gladding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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M.I.T. also received many reports from all over the U.S. that investors were crowding brokerage houses (often carrying TIME) to inquire about buying into mutual funds. One of the most heart-warming reactions came in a letter from a Missouri librarian: "Somehow the story in TIME made me glad I am an American and live in a country where I can write a letter to a busy executive and be certain that he cares about the trust of little people...
...McCarthy hate-smear mantle now goes to Senator Clinton P. Anderson. We're glad he's not from Wisconsin...
...Queen's consuming passion, outside the Crown and her family, is horses. On a recent visit to the university city of Cambridge, she said: "I am so glad to be here. I have passed through so often on my journey to the Newmarket races." The Queen also referees bicycle polo, a game that Prince Philip devised and, popularized for their children. "Do hit it, Anne!" the Queen cries. Elizabeth likes to sit with Philip in the evenings and watch television-at Buckingham Palace, TV is specially piped in to eliminate the static caused by London's rush-hour...
...Long, "I'll be damned. Here's a Texas Ranger! At least I know the law is on my side. Sit down and let me talk to you, Ranger." The deputy told Long that he had come to serve a writ. Said Governor Long: "I'm glad to know you're helping me. Now, son, sit down and read those papers you have to me." The papers were stark in their legal phrasing...
...mothers who have traditionally graced the demitasse tables of the Radcliffe Quad. When the David B. Bevingtons move in to Moors Hall next September, the Cliffe community will be able to welcome them with greater equanimity. "The Browns have been a big help to us," Bevington observed. "We're glad not to be pioneers...