Word: smile
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first person, sometimes even breaks into doggerel. Sample verses to a watchdog: Watching o'er one's mind and soul, / Watching o'er one's kin and friend, / Make time and living worth the while, / Breed strength and sureness / And warmness of smile...
Their position in the inner sanctum of student life has made them a treasured. Whenever the maids are mentioned, there is a smile and a reflection of little incidents spaced through four years of College. Some tell of the sure-headed devil-may-care who drank his liquor and told him off for breeches of the sanitary code. Others look back on the motherly type, who darns socks, gives advice on problems of the heart, and adds a woman's touch to the mantle-piece display. Almost everyone, in fact, stereotypes his maid in terms of his own, when...
Harry Truman's personal zip was still there, but suddenly the political zing was gone. His bearing was jaunty and his socks and ties were still as carefully matched as ever. He could still snap a decision, find time for a handshake with an old friend, or smile cheerfully for photographers at the inescapable White House ceremonials. But the truth was that Harry Truman, for the first time in anybody's memory, was just plain bored...
...knew he was near his journey's end. Last week, perched on the edge of his chair, blond, stringy Mieczyslaw told his story. And the father he had run so many risks to find? A call to England located him: a textile worker in Blackburn, Lancashire. The boy smiled a small, trembling smile. He had made...
...Went to Your Wedding (Patti Page; Mercury). The sight of a man coming down the aisle "wearing a smile" makes his old girl bust into tears; unquestionably the weepiest item since...