Word: glads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...critics wrestled with themselves, and turned out estimates ranging from "considerable promise" to "at best, a good amateur." Most agreed that she had considerable courage. Margaret stayed close to her phone. Her mother called from the White House; her father from Florida. "Baby," said Harry Truman, "I'm glad it's over...
After a lifetime of futile warring, peace-loving Moshesh, founder of the Basuto nation, wrote to Queen Victoria in 1868: "I am glad that my people have been allowed to rest and live in the large folds of the blanket of England. My country is your blanket, O Queen, and my people are the lice...
Basuto warriors. "You came to my assistance," he said, "when I was beset by many and powerful enemies." "Realeboah morena!" (We are glad to see you, Lord!) shouted the Basuto men, while their women hung in the background howling in wild, horselike whinnies. As four "Sons of Moshesh"-descendants of the "Basuto Moses"-stood proudly by, regal Mantsebo Seeiso, "wife of the first hut" and regent for her ten-year-old nephew chief, greeted King George. "We do not wish to be separated from you and your just Government in any manner," she said...
...glad to hear that. It confirms to me that we are on the right track. We are restricting our credit policy because we don't want inflation. Our shopkeepers have made huge profits in the last two years. They laid in stocks, believing that prices would continue rising. Now they are caught in their own greed. Some shopkeepers may go bust; I cannot help it. But when a depression comes, it will find us prepared. Our measures may be strong medicine, but they are healthy...
...face of it, the deal seemed to be a rather severe rebuke for Continental. But Continental was so suspiciously quiet that Detroit guessed it was glad to get rid of the job. Car makers felt that Continental could make motors faster than K-F could use them and so could not make money on the comparatively small production K-F could absorb. Nor was the outlook for bigger K-F production bright. The straight-from-the-shoulder facts last week were that, even in a still tight auto market, Kaisers and Frazers were not selling too well...