Word: jovialness
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...State, has since remarked: "The man would have to be my shadow, and I haven't found one"). Montini, in charge of day-to-day operations, is thin, suave, cool, precise, and politically a middle-of-the-roader. Tardini, in charge of long-range planning, is thickset, jovial, sharp-tongued, and further left...
...clubbed world. Begun in an era when Cambridge was small, isolated, and arid in entertainment, the club provided a necessary social break in the scholastic routine. The Porcellian's motto Dum vivimus vivamus was typical of the early attitude of the members--no lofty mission, no serious purpose, just jovial pleasantry...
...loyalty to the Anglican Church makes Nock vehemently deny the yoga legend. "I have never practiced yoga nor played the flute as that person in Esquire wrote," Nock corrects. And indeed it is difficult to imagine flute music from Nock. His voice, a low rumble punctuated with periodic jovial blasts, would suit a rough rider...
Perhaps the ski posters, the ping pong rooms, or the large record collection contribute to the casual atmosphere, but the directors' jovial insistance that the students, themselves, plan all activities is responsible for the enthusiastic response. Twice weekly, there are lectures on topics ranging from economic stresses in Yugoslavia to racial segregation, Morris Mitchell's topic for this Sunday. The Tea Committee attracts the young ladies, proud that the Center's tea is reputed the best in the Northeast, and knowing too that males can be inveigled to help wash the dishes. S.O.M.E. Committee (Scouting, Outing, Meeting, and Eating) organizes...
...tree-lined Southern Rhodesian capital of Salisbury (pop. 53,000), jovial Sir Godfrey Huggins, 70, was sworn in last week as Prime Minister of British Central Africa, the brand-new federation of the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland and the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia. Sir Godfrey adjusted his spectacles, tuned in his hearing aid and almost shouted his oath of allegiance to the Crown. For Sir Godfrey, a lively and sure-handed surgeon with a flair for colonial politics, a 30-year dream had come true...