Word: wonderfully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...elections. In line for the chair after old Mr. Sabath are Georgia's Cox, Virginia's Smith, North Carolina's Clark and Dies of Texas-all in varying degrees anti-Administration. Moreover, the new ratio on Rules will be nine Democrats to five Republicans. Small wonder that Franklin Roosevelt last week called his Congressional leaders to a parley next week in Warm Springs...
This unprecedented procedure-so contrary to the U. S. L. T. A.'s attitude when Ellsworth Vines, Bill Tilden and Vincent Richards turned pro*-caused tennis fans to wonder whether the U. S. L. T. A. was at last willing to sign a peace treaty with professionalism, to sanction open tennis tournaments and to share the natural resources it has laid first claim to for half a century...
...quite the most impressive experience I've had, and had it not been for that great personality, I would have been scared to death! He sat up behind his big desk and put every person instantly at ease. He answered questions good-naturedly and quickly-I wonder if there's a question in the world that would make him 'hem and haw.' . . He had on a dark blue suit with a very faint stripe, a white shirt and a dark blue tie with a small oval figure...
...Holland, and Santayana, Edman's Master, meditates serenely on Essences under the very shadow of Mussolini's jaw. Readers will envy Philosopher Edman his ability to enjoy himself. They will not be able to figure out, from this book, quite how to imitate him and may wonder if his poise, his easy blend of academic and worldly man, does not derive as much from his temperament as from the study of philosophy...
...century Michael Owens, tired of blowing glass with his lungs, invented a machine to do it for him. From Houghton's investment grew Corning Glass Works; from Owens' invention, Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Last week, after seven years' experimenting, these two famed oldsters fostered a wonder-child-Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., the first U. S. glass company devoted to the manufacture of textiles...