Word: cordially
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Portland only President Roosevelt rated more flashlight bulbs; he had drawn no such crowds when he was a candidate in 1932. Back up the mountain hurried Candidate Dewey, to Salt Lake City, where Republicans were cordial to the point of frenzy; to the Snake River Valley of Idaho, where he lauded the independence of homegrown cooperatives; to Boise past the irrigation projects, the forest reserves, the oil reserves, the region of Thousand Springs, where underground rivers pour from the cliffs in enough volume to provide water for all the cities of the U. S. ("Here in our own America...
...freely-elected Indian legislature and cabinet at New Delhi. The Viceroy had half a mind to grant the Mahatma an all-Indian cabinet, reserving, however, the portfolios of Defense and Foreign Affairs for the British Raj. The Mahatma sternly declined and the conference broke up. The Viceroy issued a cordial communiqué; the Mahatma, the next morning at dawn, invited newsmen to listen to a "sunrise soliloquy" delivered by himself...
...peace could be negotiated. But all knew that the Balkans, in order to keep the peace that in this generation they have come to hold so dear, would have to go on performing acrobatic tricks of neutrality. No concrete results were expected, none resulted. But it was all very cordial and pleasant, it left everybody feeling good, and at the end it was decided to renew the Balkan Pact for another seven years...
...President George Arthur Buttrick,* upon receiving the President's Christmas greeting and an invitation to consult periodically at the White House, had telegraphed immediate acceptance. Because Mr. Roosevelt explained that he was sending "a like greeting" to the Pope, Dr. Buttrick innocently added the Council's "cordial greetings to His Holiness. ..." The White House released this message simultaneously with the announcement of the Taylor appointment. Thus Dr. Buttrick, who knew nothing of the Taylor appointment until he read it in the papers, was taken for a ride. The Christian Century, revealing these facts last week, let Dr. Buttrick...
...that there was no insuperable gap between newspapermen and university teachers. Many of the faculty were as much interested in our experiences as we were in their ideas; the very differences between us proved to be the basis for numerous friendships, and on every side we met with a cordial reception...