Word: younger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...loved life, he could enjoy things more than almost anyone I have ever known. He had fine qualities, generosity, a warmth of heart which brought him an endless number of friends, courage which amounted almost to foolhardiness, a brilliant mind and a capacity for work which, in his younger days, made him able to perform prodigious tasks, both physically and mentally...
...Duchess had her hair done by Hairdresser Emile on one side and Emile Jr. on the other. The Emiles reported no grey hairs on either side; achieved a soft upsweep wave over the ears that fetched applause from newshens. The Duke, wrote the male press, looked 20 years younger than his 47. The Duchess, while not photogenic, wrote the feminine press, was much more attractive than her 45. The scurrying, roaring crowds saw little but a flash of a bareheaded, blond little man in a grey suit getting in & out of cars, saw only the waved hand of Wallis Windsor...
...Kittredge was a leader of a younger group who believed strongly in classical training and the traditional liberal education, and of whom President Eliot once said that the chief obstacle to progress in the University was "the ignorant conservatism of the younger members of the Faculty...
...career as a scholar, teacher, or author. In my case these memories are long-standing, for they go back to the year 1888, when Mr. Kittredge corrected my sophomore themes. They continue through more than 50 years of close association, first as a student and then as a younger colleague. For it has been my privilege to count him as one of my best friends throughout my life...
...irrepressible impulse to teach,--this time to teach manners and morals. That was also the case when with his walking-stick he poked off the hat of a man who had not uncovered his head on entering Widener. The offender turned out to be, not a student, but a younger colleague who did not particularly relish the lesson. But everything was settled peaceably, and the men were the best of friends...