Word: halcyons
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...world that has long been in too much of a hurry to recognize genuine kindness, humble dignity and courageous truthfulness, Eleanor Roosevelt stands out like a stoplight. Born into a halcyon world, fortified against poverty and bitterness by wealth, social position and a fortunate marriage, the memories of her "shy, ugly duckling years" have no doubt helped her to possess the wonderful empathy she has for peoples everywhere ... I, for one, who have never met or even seen "Mrs. R.," love her dearly; how must others, who have been touched by her, feel...
...Christian Temperance Union at 17, became its national president at 52, spent most of her adult life equating evil to alcohol and fighting for prohibition; in the State Mental Health Institute, Clarinda, Iowa, where she had been a patient since 1947. Hailing the U.S. dry era as "halcyon days," she firmly believed that prohibition would eventually come back to stay. Her credo: "I love God, my country and little children. I hate the liquor traffic and abhor all vice...
Monsarrat's story is "of one ocean, two ships, and about a hundred and fifty men." It begins late in 1939, when the corvette Compass Rose, "a fiddling bloody little gash-boat," is commissioned. A few halcyon runs, and then the U-boats come. On one ghastly trip to Gibraltar, a convoy of 21 merchantmen is reduced to seven-a slaughter with all too many counterparts in wartime reality...
...remedy for keeping fit: plenty of fresh air, exercise, moderate eating. Wrote the Veep: "I have never had a headache in my life ... I have never had indigestion in my life. My digestive organs have been as efficient and as regular as a Seth Thomas clock in its halcyon...
...music and lyrics carried the main weight, however. From overture to final chorus, the songs were the strong point. All types of musical comedy song were well accounted for. "Passport and a Sigh" and "Halcyon Days" are truly fine solo numbers on the popular-song level; "Tomorrow is Manana" and "Anygnay" made exciting production numbers; and the lyrics in "The Best Things in Life Are in 'Life' " and "They Can't Get Along Without Me" made these ensembles the top numbers of the show...