Word: broadly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...court intrigue, a commanding figure in age and genius. He is an old man, to be sure, but a supremely dominating and dignified prince of the church. The dignity and dominance which Mr. Mantell often created were dispelled by a straining for laughs and comic effects, obtained by broad and undignified comic by-play, almost as soon as they were gained. "That inherent majesty of soul, that simplicity of demeanour, and that overwhelming power" which the actor and phrase-loving William Winter once found in Mr. Mantell's Richelieu were grievously lacking on Monday night. In place of these praiseworthy...
...honesty is the best policy--meaning that it is best for purely business reasons. It may be or it may not. It may be so as a rule, but not always. A man who is honest solely because it is the best business policy is honest only from a broad perception of his own material interest, not from any moral principle. If placed in a position where a dishonest act would yield a profit and could never be discovered, or do him any worldly harm, he would have no reason, drawn from the best policy principle, to shun the dishonest...
...trim our broad sail as before...
...organizations in the principal cities of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New England will take part. There will be ten events: the 100, 220, and 440-yard dashes, the 880-yard and mile runs, the 220-yard low hurdles, the mile relay, the broad and high-jumps, and the 12-pound shot...
...among them the new dean, Dr. Sperry, have come to feel the need for union in place of dissension. The fostering of a spirit of enlightened non-sectarianism is the most hopeful sign of a new Protestantism which will meet the individualism of today and still rest upon a broad, deep-rooted foundation...