Word: sweetness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...forgotten that charity is a year-round affair. He tells us that if we vote for the right kind of men we can have a super-colossal balanced budget. And with our chrome-plated, atomic-age, whiz-bang budget safely balanced in ossified equilibrium, we can then enjoy the sweet fruits of peace, progress, and prosperity...
Slater (David Niven): "Now hold on a minute, old man. You shouldn't take advantage of this sweet Irish young thing. Her concern with protecting her virginity from your seductive advances is understandable (swallows pitcher of martinis...
...missed an edition since. Supported by the Quemoy Military Defense Command, the seven-days-a-week paper reserves most of its run-5,500 copies-for free distribution to troops, sells the balance (at 1? a copy, 25? a month) to villagers in Quemoy, oyster fishermen in North Mountain, sweet potato and millet farmers in South Mountain. About $250 in monthly advertising revenue comes from Formosa merchants eager to fill front-line mail orders...
Henry Adams: The Middle Years, by Ernest Samuels. When Adams still had his Eve (Marian "Clover" Hooper), and the world was as sweet as this sourish Boston Brahmin ever found...
...agents who handle charity bookings (for a 6% commission) was doing a land-office business with every musical headed for Broadway. But for Daarlin' Man, response was spotty ("Can you imagine a Jewish organization going to an Irish play?"). Pleadingly, she tried to sell Tennessee Williams' forthcoming Sweet Bird of Youth: "No, I really don't think Williams is so morbid. A bit sexy, maybe. And it's got Paul Newman. Wouldn't you like an early night?" The charity man wanted none of it, leaving one night less on Broadway for Tennessee Williams...