Word: nice
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Georgie Auld brings his two vocalists, Kirk Wood and Kay Little, and the committee expects to dig up some nice surprises for intermissions. High punch will be served at 11 o'clock or there-abouts in the back room...
...question of dexterity or accuracy or patience or pride in work, women are not second to men. . . . [These women] are wondering what their position will be when the war is over. Are the governments and employers going to say: 'Well, girls, you have done a nice job; you looked very cute in your overalls and we appreciate what you have done for us; but run along now; go home; we can get along without...
...Atlantic Charter is nice, but it does not offer much competition to power politics. The little nations, the way things are going now, will have to fit themselves 1) into an overall pattern agreed on and supported by the Big Three; or 2) into the sphere of an individual Great Power among the Big Three...
...nice fantasy idea, handled with a nice sense for prankish complications, A Highland Fling just isn't written with enough gusto or grace. Its romantic moods never quite blend Scotland with fairyland; the thistle is there, but not the thistledown. And its fun is too often tame and even cute - a sort of A. A. Milne version of Tam O'Shanter...
...balance, the deal showed a nice profit for Canada. The airfields were her own property, ready for use in the postwar air age. Technically, she was still under no obligation for Lend-Lease. And Canada was back on her own financial feet...