Word: nice
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When negotiations for a new Anglo-Iraqi treaty were going swimmingly in Britain, the Foreign Office thought it would be a nice gesture for King George VI to send Iraq's regent, Prince Abdul
...tells the story of Richard Styles Eliot, publicity whiz for Publishers Hutchinson, Inc.,* "a perfectly authentic young-man-on-the-way-up, with all the trimmings: insomnia, a nice apartment on the correct street, seven suits, and the urge to leave his wife." His boss believed that "books are merchandise, like soap or toothpaste or fountain pens." Dick Eliot felt cheap and dishonest, but he was also a social climber with his eye on a social-register widow. So he promoted trash and got himself a nice raise...
Reached last night, sports columnists Jerry Nason of the Boston Globe and Bill Grimes of the Record stated that their pens are cocked for Garrison, Brown, and the A.H.A. As for Garrison, Nason dubbed him the victim of being "too darn nice." His move to ease the minds of his hard-working cohorts pitched him into the middle of a storm of roaring prides, according to the sports analyst...
...Veterans will not be reimbursed for books which are just nice to have, desirable, or necessary for a future profession or job," a recently-published statement of rules for G.I. book purchases announces...
...Nice Work . . . In Franklin, Pa., proud Police Chief F. M. Sheffer innocently made out his year-end report: "Automobiles stolen, 23; recovered, 25. Bicycles stolen, 11; recovered...