Word: joviane
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...Servant's Role. When Franklin Roosevelt made his frontal assault on the "nine old men," Hughes reacted, in public at least, with Jovian calm. But he quietly and effectively fought F.D.R.'s effort to pack the court. When Roosevelt stood before him to be sworn in for a precedent-breaking third term, Hughes whispered through his beard: "Franklin, isn't this becoming a trifle monotonous?" A few months later, at 79, he resigned as Chief Justice and retired to a quiet life of quiet honors...
...character never became quite so overwhelming as it should have. Forbes' portrayal of the blustering father was understanding, but at times slightly forced. In smaller character parts Walter Hudd was entertainly fusty as McComas, and William Devlin added a real touch to the last act with his Jovian portrayal of the positive ("You will, you don't think you will, but you will") Mr. Bohun. Scott Douglas played a nice maid...
This man Merwin K. Hart gives so clear an impression of being little more than a pygmy menace that it is difficult to rise to Jovian levels of condemnation. In his speech last night, for instance, which was sponsored by the Free Enterprise Society, a number of remarks proved him beyond doubt to be an anti-semite. To most people it is something of a truism to say that anti-semitism is evil--so much of a truism, in fact, that when a man stands on a chair and shouts "I hate Jews," it is better to ignore...
...With Jovian forbearance, Mr. Willkie reiterated his intention to keep total G. O. P. expenditures well below the legal maximum, otherwise refrained from rebuking Henry Fletcher in public. That privilege was reserved for Democratic Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, who opined in Washington that Mr. Fletcher's device was illegal...
...Full of Jovian calm, even after ten years that have been as thorny as any in the Supreme Court's history, the Chief Justice looked hale & hearty. At week's end he broke his rule against dining out by attending the Gridiron Dinner. (Before his illness last year, he used to dine out on Saturdays only...