Word: glads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Carpets. A long, black car whisked the General off to the White House. He emerged with right hand outstretched, took a few long steps to where Harry Truman stood awaiting him. Said the President: "I'm very glad to see you." That night the red carpet of protocol was rolled out for a White House state dinner, after which Harry Truman and his guest talked together in the library until midnight. What they talked about was not disclosed...
Scowls & Love. Twelve minutes after Churchill began speaking, Ernest Bevin shuffled in. Churchill stopped, cast a radiant smile across the aisle. Said he: "I am very glad to see the new Foreign Secretary sitting on the front bench opposite. I would like to say with what gratification I learned that the right honorable gentleman had taken on this high office." Bevin scowled. Few can pay compliments so gracefully as Churchill; few can receive them as gracelessly as Bevin. Later, when Labor members teased Bevin about his fondness for Churchill, he growled: "But I love him. I love...
...members of the French Canadian minority have a nodding acquaintance with intolerance, applauded Dr. Cannon. Many phoned the Cannons, or stopped them on the streets, to insist that what had happened did not reflect local feeling. A waiter in the hotel whispered to them: "I'm damned glad you won!" Said V Action Catholique: "The case . . . should be brought before the highest courts in the country...
When he switched to searchlights in 1943, Bridgeport-born Emil Koch was nearly ready to bolt for the California shipyards. But last week, with the papers full of unemployment alarms, he was glad his wife had held him back...
Even for G.E., speed eventually equals Emil, plus the 900 reconverted war workers, the returning veterans and the new people G.E. will hire. Emil knows it. He is very glad he resisted the California impulse, although he intends to vacation there sometime after he becomes a foreman...