Word: beyond
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...accept T. N. T. as a menace to liberal thought is to dignify an extravagant and abusive propaganda beyond its merits. To rush to the defence of Professor Einstein or fight for the good name of "Comrades" Dewey, or Frankfurter with the temperate sword of common sense is to reach for a sledge hammer when one is bitten by a flea. Better by far to accept the "little volume" as a simple gift of the gods sent to relieve the tedium of depression and that irritating Eastern imbroglio. This is after all "that best of all possible worlds" in which...
...Beyond this the plan should not go. Any attempt to inspire House chauvinism by awarding charms, blazers, and similar paraphernalia would now be merely superficial and might in time alter the spirit of inter-House athletics from that of essentially informal competition to a serious struggle between Houses for predominance. Such an attitude must be avoided as incompatible with the enjoyment that should go with non-expert rivalry...
...more frequently acted upon than taught the precepts of his calling. He knew no strict creed, beyond the dogma of the useful life. His mind and spirit were the only art which he possessed, yet they were manifest in all he did or said. As a teacher he was more interested in developing keen and unaffected minds than careful theologians. As a minister he sought to instill the precepts of his Christianity in the minds of his people. As a beleiver in religion he cared less for what it was than for what it might...
...Nephtalie Kahn of Rouen finished another egg last week. Reporters came out from Paris to interview him at his studio "Aux Oeufs Erodes," (at the sign of the embroidered eggs). If genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains, M. Kahn is a genius beyond a doubt. Nephtalie Kahn is the only known egg-embroiderer in the world...
...goes on the stage, marries Pat Arden. Everything goes well until Pat is unfaithful with a girl Iris hates. Iris does not mind the unfaithfulness but she does mind the girl. Though Pat still loves Iris and she still loves him, their marriage and Iris' life are hurt beyond repair...