Word: glads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wave of Indecision. In Washington, Lieut. Commander Bernice Boner decided to end it all, jumped from a 90-ft. Potomac bridge, changed her mind in midair, was glad she could swim so well...
Always a Crisis. Congress had shown indecision and small courage, ducked unpleasant decisions (e.g., the draft law extension, fair employment practices, a minimum wage, OPA) when it could. The people of Mississippi were glad to send a mountebank back to represent them in the Senate for six more years. Congressman Andrew Jackson May, chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee and loudest voice in military matters, was accused of having aided wartime profiteers and chiselers...
Eight. Eight is glad to be alive, zealous in exploring the unfamiliar, extravagant in speech and action. He does everything too fast, from bolting his food to racing through his piano lessons. He is also a man of property, with a lively sense of money and ownership. Eight knows he is growing up, often listens closely when adults talk to each other so he can figure out what makes them tick...
...years burly Joe Curran played with Communists in the National Maritime Union, and was mighty glad to get their support. For years they used simple-minded Joe, and Joe toed the party line. Now Joe has to admit the Commies had him in a crate...
Former members of Eliot House, who must wait until the fall term to return to their beloved domain, will be glad to hear that Martin Ratchford, janitorial major dome, is keeping an eye on their property. But Ratchford's getting worried...