Word: gladly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...officials in Washington did not hide their concern over this action. They said that while Mr. Ford may have had a legal right to reduce his payroll, it was a violation of the NRA spirit. General Johnson, surprised by Mr. Ford's sudden submission, said he would be glad to make an exception so that the 9,000 Fordworkers could be kept at work...
Last week in Severance Hall, Rodzinski began as regular conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. The audience received him royally, stood up for his entrance; the musicians, glad for any change which may mean steady pay again, slapped their bows against their fiddle strings. Rodzinski in return gave a performance of Brahms's First Symphony which became the musical talk of the town. New and exciting to Clevelanders was the way he often puts down his baton to shape the music with his bare hands, a mannerism he picked up from Leopold Stokowski...
...coat. The Chinese had a very proper idea of gifts!" And a bit of really ancient history: ". . . Instead of saying nothing and letting Nick go to the dinner, I told him the horrid news of the seating, whereat he promptly said he would not go, that he was very glad to get out of the despised dry dinner, using as an excuse 'the slight' to the foreign ladies. The next day he had a large lunch party in the Speaker's dining room of the House, and made a good story about how he had managed...
...administration of the City of Cambridge is concerned, Harvard University does not fall into any special classification. It is one of several institutions in this city, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Radcliffe, and branches of Boston University. We are glad to have these institutions in the City, although there are obligations and responsibilities on both sides...
...This is a brief statement, but during these closing days of the campaign there will be other occasions when I shall address the citizens of Cambridge at greater length. In the meanwhile, I am glad to have this occasion to respond to the request of the CRIMSON, and to urge all its readers who are voters in Cambridge to come to the polls on Tuesday, November 7, between the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M. and register their votes in the cause of good government...