Word: good
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...again pleaded with the Communists' shouting, ranting lawyers to remember where they were. Justice was also debonair and deft, so that even Party-Liner Howard (Citizen Tom Paine) Fast, writing in the Communist Daily Worker, acknowledged Medina's "old world charm," and recognized that "like many other good performers, he knows the understress is of more value than the bludgeon ... It is quite apparent, even through the charm, that he does not like the Communists, who go in not only for bickering, but for much more overt forms of opposition...
With Norway's rejection, the plan collapsed. The three Nordic powers parted in their usual good spirits, agreeing to disagree, and still bound by old and tough ties. Lange's persistent refusal, after months of parleying, had won the admiration of his fellow Scandinavians. "This man has more stamina than a buffalo," sighed a Swede...
...villagers had a scheme in mind to spend it so that all the citizens of resurrected Warren might benefit. They would turn it to furniture for a public building. Cabinetmaker Groot Landeweer thought a sturdy oak chair carved with Borculo's coat of arms would make a good item. Parchmentmaker Nathan Elzas put aside a particularly fine calfskin. That, he was certain, could be turned into several lampshades that would be just right for Warren...
...This has done them little good in Hungary where their schools have been nationalized. Lutheran Bishop Lajos Ordass, who tried to oppose the Communists, is in prison on a phony black-marketing charge. Ferenc Nagy, a leading Presbyterian who as Premier tried to collaborate with the Communists, was forced to flee the country...
...mean?" asked the electioneering pamphlet coyly. And under a photograph of a curly-topped baby glowing with health. Britain's Labor Party gave the answer: "The prams of Britain are filled with the bonniest babies in living memory. Britain today gives mothers and babies a better chance of good health than any other country...