Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...result of a beauty contest in a small Ohio town. The church, probably seeing goodness and truth in beauty as well as beauty in goodness and truth, was anxious to stimulate interest in higher values. A Miss Little won the contest; her lot and the upshot of the whole affair was that her father directed two well-aimed shots at the two champions of the champion...
Although the event in itself is merely another of the malodorous hits of news which so often decorate the newspapers, the fact that this particular affair is directly attributable to the church will certainly cause much comment from the ranks of the unbelievors Always waiting to take advantage of any slip made by their arch-enemy, they will never let such a juicy morsel as this slip through their fingers. Pointing to this as an example of the too often misdirected energies of the church, they will as usual cry with alarm at the very thought of the church holding...
...cannot help matters by passing private judgment on the lady; but one may--and millions of newspaper readers do--derive considerable entertainment from the agile antics of her lawyers. In fact out of the various journalistic menus which have been served the public continuously for seven months the McPherson affair wears the best...
Premier Baldwin, showing the mailed fist so forcibly applied in the current coal strike, thought that, although all the members of Parliament were not associated with the Anti-Saloon League, at least the House should not let a breath of the affair get outside. It is quite a pity that with all the strength on his side, as shown by the House's vote against Salter, the Premier could not have shown more spirit in the matter either by declaring himself in favor of a cleaner Commons or of a strict laisser-faire policy in regard to the personal rights...
...long meditated the subject, and wrote concerning it to his friend, Benjamin Colman, as follows: "Though jeered and sneered at by many I leave the issue to the Lord, for whose sake Isperform these offices and services, and hope I shall be enabled to continue firm and finish this affair, which I call a good work...