Word: jovially
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eminent Soviet expert on Asia, and China in particular, was Mikhail Kapitsa. Erudite and capable, gregarious and jovial, Kapitsa would undoubtedly have moved faster if he had not received a black mark in his dossier and a deep scar on his head when, as Ambassador to Pakistan in 1961, he took up with his driver's wife. The chauffeur discovered the liaison. Rushing into the Ambassador's office, where Kapitsa was using his couch as a bed, the infuriated husband clouted the diplomat on the head with a crowbar. He might have killed Kapitsa if aides had not come...
With his tall and portly frame, his gleaming bald head and jovial, Buddha- like countenance, James Beard was central casting's dream of a food writer come true. Almost until his death last week of a heart attack following a kidney infection, Beard, 81, remained a monumental and genial presence in New York City food markets and restaurants, where his passion for good eating invariably proved contagious. Displaying a grand flair for showmanship refined by early training for the stage, he created dramatic settings for his cooking classes, for his writing and entertaining, and for his superb collection of majolica...
Currently the coordinator of both the women's track and field and cross country programs--Frank Haggerty took over coaching duties in 1981--the jovial Pappy will leave behind a legacy of memories for himself and his runners...
F.D.R. was a jovial fellow, Hopkins remembers, and often he would offer Hopkins a beer or a cigarette or both, which were the last things Hopkins needed while taking dictation. F.D.R. usually had his own cigarette going, with its long holder tilted up at the jaunty angle that photographers loved to snap. Howe frequently lurked near by with his head in his hands, a gloomy, silent witness to the enterprise...
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