Word: happiered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sense, he hit a responsive chord, for as far as all Republicans were concerned, any ending would be happier than a prolongation of the agony...
...thrust upon us a dilemma not easily resolved. In the present international situation our security measures exist, in the ultimate analysis, to protect our free institutions and traditions against repressive totalitarianism and its inevitable denial of human values. . . We share the hope that some day we may return to happier times when our free institutions are not threatened and a peaceful and just world order is not such a compelling principal preoccupation. Then security will cease to be a central issue . . . there will be no undue restraints upon freedom of mind and action, and loyalty and security as concepts will...
Since Gouzenko evidently preferred it that way, the government finally decided to let him go ahead on his own. Nobody was happier than the Mounties. For some time now, assignment to the temperamental Russian has been regarded as one of the "punishment" duties on the force...
...fainting oarsman, provides the film's most exciting moment. The photography by Renoir, done almost over-zealously in the French style of realism, finds most of the 17th century poor either consumptive or deformed. This grimness underscores the need for a saint, but an occasional glimpse of healthier and happier peasants might have brightened the realism of a vividly performed script...
...taxpayers have a clear idea where their money goes, and some would be happier for not knowing. A Texas farmer whose income jumped into six figures after oil was discovered on his land, recently visited Washington to find out "how my money is spent." He toured various offices in the vast bureaucracy, finally dropped in to see T. Coleman Andrews, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. After some talk, he asked how much Andrews collects in taxes every year. About $70 billion, said Andrews. The Texan, impressed, made a philosophic observation: "Well, Mr. Commissioner, ain't it a damn good thing...