Word: jovialness
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...Snatch!?moral Miss Edith Picton-Tubervill tried to grab a green bookful of Irish Sweepstake tickets away from jovial John Beckett in the House of Commons? but Jovial John held on tight...
...every knowing Roman knows, Benito Mussolini has two faces, the scowling imperial mask which II Duce wears on every public appearance before his countrymen, and the unassuming, jovial expression with which he welcomes foreign visitors who need no intimidation. With a nice blend of the two expressions II Duce mounted a rostrum in Rome last week to open the International Grain Conference, a meeting attended by delegates of 46 wheat-growing nations. He scowled slightly because he knew that his photograph and his words would be reported in every Italian newspaper. He smiled often, avoided dogmatism, because he realized that...
...temple for one year now has been Chairman Elisha Walker, a quiet, diplomatic, keen-eyed New Yorker. It is he who keeps watch over Transamerica's resources of $117,191,644, who reports to the 217,000 owners of its 23,823,413 shares. The great shouts of big. jovial Amadeo Peter Giannini have faded further and further into the distance, are gradually becoming echoes. Yet when a major change in Transamerica's management took place last week, the Founder's spirit was still present and active. Out of the company's presidency went his son, Lawrence Mario Giannini. Into...
...distinguished litterateurs, editors and colyumists present looked apprehensively at dour, bulky Theodore Dreiser.* Mr. Dreiser reddened but sat still, said nothing. Colyumists Heywood Broun and Arthur Brisbane who might have been the two "sage critics" in question, joined in the embarrassing silence. Then Host Long called on jovial Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb to save the situation. Mr. Cobb told Visitor Pilnyak that those present were very fond of him and esteemed him very highly, since, "you see, we don't know enough about you yet to be jealous...
...with such violent Conservative, Liberal, and even Indian opposition on the basis of Lord Gorell's "inexperience," that it was hastily withdrawn. A later suggestion was that MacDonald himself should take the post, taking the title of Lord MacDonald of Lossiemouth and handing his Prime Ministry over to jovial Foreign Secretary "Uncle Arthur" Henderson. This was too much for even the MacDonald sense of humor. Other names flew thick and fast for weeks, until last week Lord Willingdon was appointed...