Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...While I do not favor "a vengeful exwife" keeping her husband in jail rather than accept an alimony cut, I do sympathize with the case of a woman whose husband, whether or not it is his fault, has ceased to pay her the income agreed upon when they separated...
...amazed to receive your issue of the 24th on the morning of the 29th. As no five-day boat arrived during that time, I am unable to draw my conclusions. . . . Accept my congratulations for your promptness...
...Smith promptly replied to the La Guardia threat: "I am not a candidate. ... I shall not accept any nomination. . . . There is no compulsion or persuasion that can affect my decision. It is final...
...readers is to be found in the last two chapters which deal with art in America since the nineties. But even here the pages are crowded with accounts of artists who are already forgotten. Mr. Hartmann is obviously sceptical of the more recent trends. Impressionism he is willing to accept with reservations: but of the radical manifestations of the twenties he is more sceptical. "The young artists . . . are sitting at the feet of Nobody," he eclaims, and that in his eyes is condemnation enough...
...church Episcopalians. In 1929 Bishop William Thomas Manning stoutly refused to permit a Christian Unity League service in St. George's Church, Manhattan, because Presbyterian Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin was to have helped officiate. Bishop Manning and other strict Episcopalians hold tightly to Apostolic Succession, refusing to accept sacraments administered by other sectarians. Year ago in St. Louis Cathedral was held another Christian Unity League service. Genial Bishop Frederick Foote Johnson (called "Shorty" because he is towering tall) and his Liberal Bishop Coadjutor William Scarlett were assisted in the sanctuary by Baptists and Methodists. Episcopalians have never since stopped...