Word: joy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...times as high among heavy drinkers as it is among abstainers. But it was the French Half-Wrets who proved to be the experts on alcoholism. "Instead of returning to his squalid home," said Professor Charles Foulen, "the French worker lingers in the cafe in an atmosphere of artificial joy o . ." A colleague traced some of the consequences...
...distributes good and bad grades with the same lack of discernment. Since nothing resembles anything at home, the cooking seems indigestible, the beds uncomfortable, the trains not on time, the civil servants unconscientious . . . The best local wines inspire distrust in him. The worst of rot-guts fills him with joy if it reminds him of what he drinks at home...
...chortled with joy to see the two-page spread of Eisenhower pictures in the Aug. 18 issue, portraying the general as a dignified, firm, glowing gentleman, who smiles benevolently at little children in one picture, and in another seems ready to fight corruption and evil with every fiber of his being. Contrariwise, I am delighted to see the snapshot of Stevenson, absurdly sipping a malted milk, eyes popping, hat set at a foolish angle, and generally reminding one of some of the early movie comedians. This is all good clean fun. In the spirit of the thing, may I suggest...
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy and former U.N. truce negotiator in Korea, entered Bethesda Naval Hospital with a serious case of virus pneumonia complicated by anemia. At week's end his condition was reported "satisfactory...
...passports. Some of these holdouts wanted to keep the right of re-entry into their native lands, or still had property there, or wanted the protection of bigger and stronger powers than Israel. But the holdouts were subjected to critical fire by patriots. Sniffed one Israeli newspaper: "Our joy cannot be spoiled because these few thousands did not want to become Israeli citizens because of petty motives...