Word: generously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...could not have held up our face before the world, it we had not diluted our troops in Libya to support Greece against the Nazi onslaught," he declared. He also praised America for its generous aid to his country, and noted the growth of pro-British sentiment here during his 2 1/2 years' absence as High Commissioner in Canada...
...jungle is illustrated with an animated map. The voice of a commentator speaks: "Week after week they plod onward with nothing to guide them but the stars by night and the sun by day. . . . And so our safari is forced to rest-hoping to regain their strength with generous helpings of wart-hog stew." When a group of savages are arguing in their native tongue, very liberal English translations appear at the bottom of the screen. When Crosby tries to argue Hope into wrestling the octopus, he explains : "I'm trying to make you famous-people will write books...
...riots; its May Days were wide-open phallic festivals; its murders were as common as dirty looks. The streets by day were deafening, by night as dark as doom, at all times filthy enough to guarantee the survival only of the fittest. Londoners were so energetic that despite a generous round of fairs, festivals, bear-baitings and other formal diversions, they repeatedly broke forth in impromptu mass hell-raising. They loved sport, splendor, cruelty, gayety, anarchy. There was no regular police force in London until...
...Kane broke after Kane's disastrous try for the Governorship of New York; Kane's butler (Paul Stewart). None knew the meaning of "rosebud." But each in his way understood a little of the man: he was not cruel, but he did cruel things; he was not generous, but he did generous things; he was willful, capricious, and he wanted to be loved-on his own terms. The MARCH OF TIME never finds the meaning of "rosebud," nor the key to Kane's frustrations, but, almost by accident, the audience does...
...staff of tutors in the Department adds up to 41, which is larger by ten than any other field. Members of the field found the tutors excellent, interested in their subject, and, on the whole, generous with their time. Some found that the younger tutors could not spare enough time, since they were busy with PhD theses and other papers, and were only teaching in order to finance their graduate work. Full professors and other teachers are usually willing to grant their tutees as much time as desired...