Word: naturedness
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Shaggy-haired Jimmy Conzelman may not be the best coach in pro football, but he is a favorite of sports writers anyway. No one else has so ingratiating a way of passing off his victories, or so good-natured a way of explaining his defeats. He almost gives the impression...
It made Camillien feel good. While congratulatory wires and letters piled up on his desk, he lolled in his high-backed chair, chain-smoked, outlined his formula for political success. "I'm good-natured but quick-tempered," said he. "Also they tell me I am bighearted. I will never...
Little mishaps and irreverent remarks continued, but grew less frequent as the festivities narrowed toward the ceremony itself. The crowd began to gather early the night before in favored places near Buckingham Palace and Parliament Square. The crowd was good-natured, a bit rowdy, ill-clad and ill-fed. And...
Deer hunters blunderbuss their way through the woods these days bagging an occasional stag, a whiskey flask, and if lucky, a good-natured game warden. But now that athletics have moved indoors, the green felt of the amateur croupier slowly substitutes for the paler verdure of the gridiron, and cards...
Handsome, good-natured Rafael Caldera has been a teacher of sociology at the University of Caracas. When he was only 20, he helped draft Venezuela's labor code, still in force. He has lost none of his interest in labor; last year, on a visit to the U.S., he...