Word: relishing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This being a dinner for "company," my friends went at it with relish, despite rattling dishes and window panes, constantly shivered by V-2 and buzz-bomb blasts all around. Their eagerness to share their little with me did more to create the lump in my throat than did the thought of their plight...
...President said, and since Mr. King had become Prime Minister, their friendship had made it very easy to solve U.S.-Canadian problems. He spoke of the benefits of close, friendly consultation. The implication of all this was plain: Franklin Roosevelt could get along with Mackenzie King, and did not relish the idea of getting along without him. Since Mr. King must soon fight an election, this sort of talk set tongues a-clacking. Said one U.S. newsman to a Canadian colleague: "How do you like this interference in Canadian politics...
...F.D.R. will so talk, he is also sure of the support of the British, who-however bravely they may crow-do not relish the prospect of being left alone in Europe with the Soviets...
...issue. But, said he, there are three main tasks ahead: 1) winning a speedy victory; 2) setting up international machinery to keep the peace; 3) reconversion. Once before, almost a generation ago, the nation had faced the same tasks. They were botched by a Republican administration. With obvious relish, Candidate Roosevelt rolled out the letters and spelled the word: "Botched . . . botched by a Republican administration...
...With relish Mayor LaGuardia recited Waxey Gordon's police record-14 arrests under seven aliases, and six jail terms. In 1933, when it was fashionable to convict racketeers for income-tax evasion, Waxey was given ten years. By 1942 Waxey was back, and in tune with the times; he was jailed for a year for running a black market in sugar. When Manhattan's police tapped Worldwide's phones, they were not surprised to hear the enterprising Waxey telling a friend: "I'm now in a swell thing . . . buying Government surplus business...