Word: naturedness
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Break it they did. But last night's police broke a lot more. They broke the mutual confidence and respect that has so far prevented in Cambridge as much as anything else, the rotten town-and-gown riots that occasionally ignite at New Haven and Providence. They broke a tradition...
At last week's game, the crowd was better behaved than on the day of the ticket sale. No one offered to kill the referees and no one screamed for the manager's scalp. If a score appeared imminent, spectators shouted a genteel, "have a go." A scoring...
High, Low, Jack. Nobody on the Fox lot in those days cared much whether strapping young Duke Morrison was proud of his trade or not, but they found him a likable, good-natured companion in horseplay. A favorite sport was to get the big ex-tackle down on all fours...
Across the aisle the Opposition stirred. First came ex-Chancellor Gaitskell, responsible, good-natured, sympathetic, though unable to resist quoting Tory election speeches which cried horror over similar shortages under Labor. The debate did not stay moderate long.
Nell did not mind the inconvenience. She was one of the best-natured girls who ever took a king's mind off his country. In fact, she was such a trouble-to-nobody sort that posterity-even the proper Victorians-has been as uncensorious as the queen; "sweet Nell...