Word: geniality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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During three terms as Governor, Hughes established himself both as an outstanding liberal and a formidable vote-getter. When he decided to run for the U.S. Senate at the urging of the late Robert Kennedy, Republican Incumbent Hickenlooper decided to retire. Pitted against Hughes, a genial 6-ft 2-in., 230-lb. giant, is moderate Republican David Stanley, 40, an able state legislator. At one point, Hughes looked like a sure bet. But he now figures he will need 150,000 to 200,000 votes from Republicans to save himself. Conceded Hughes last week: "It's going to require...
Older men, with guitars slung over their suitcoats, they made very fine country and blues. Soothing, mellow music, like "Your Cheatin' Heart," and "Make the World Go Away." The candidate hadn't come yet, and Sam was doing his genial best to set the mood...
...also a genial, personable man, as was evident from watching him campaign for several hours. In Madison, a small farm town in the eastern part of the state, he chatted easily yesterday with voters on Main Street and appeared to know many of them personally. He spoke about low farm prices and his opposition to the administration farm and foreign policies...
...serenity makes him irritable and her confidence bruis es his ego. He turns to other women, including his own mother-in-law, before accepting the fact that he has married well in spite of himself. The author writes in an easy, almost slangy style. But despite a refreshingly genial tone and an accurately observed setting, this first effort cries out for a master of magic who could turn some promising notes into a novel...
...small tutorial groups, and that in these situations Brinton retained an informal yet critical style. As one colleague put it: "Crane Brinton, besides having a lively and wide ranging mind, was one of the kindest and most generous men I have ever known. He viewed the world with a genial skeptcism that permitted him to judge with humane indulgence the foibles of his fellow...