Word: smile
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Traits & Interests: height, 5 ft. 11 in.; weight, 165 Ibs.; blue-grey eyes, ruddy complexion, black hair turning grey; affable, self-assured, vigorous speaker with an infectious smile; used to ride horses and play golf (after a hole in one in 1934, decided to rest on his achievement, quit the game). His wife is the former Regina Clark, a former special deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania. They have two boys (11 and 9) and a girl (6). A Roman Catholic, McGranery has been honored by the Pope: he is a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great...
...years, but a lot more splendid than anyone had expected: she wore an eye-catching raspberry red dress, a silver fox cape, diamond and ruby earrings and high-heeled black pumps. As she stepped down to give President Truman a vigorous handshake, she had a warm and winning smile, a direct gaze and a jolly air that was immediately disarming...
Sees her idol stand with a satisfied smile...
...unquotable sentence: those who attempt to pin her down on the evidence of her words find her vagueness irritatingly artful. It is-but the manner has by now become second nature to her. She knows what she wants to say, and when to punctuate it with a smile, an irrelevance or an ambiguity...
...girlhood friends, this kind of adulation and the unique achievements which have prompted it are added proof that the Roosevelts, man & wife, "betrayed their class" for the bauble of fame and the doubtful company of reporters, social workers and ward heelers. "Oh," says Mrs. Roosevelt with a smile-a tolerant, contented smile which recalls the ever-righteous crusades of the New Deal -"they think I am most peculiar." She adds: "I still see them-occasionally they - find it interesting to have a peculiarity to dinner...