Word: carefully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which was most extensive last week, seemed only an essentially minor disaster in the wreck of their spiritual work. The typical Christian missionary places his loyalty to China second only to that for his homeland; and his concern for the welfare of the Chinese is apt to exceed the care he takes of his family or himself...
...charming lady beside him; she was fashionably undressed above the waist. On her he bestowed one enfolding glance; then through every course but the last he courteously ignored her to her distress. For his dessert, he judiciously chose a ripe red apple, peeled it and halved it with care. On the charming lady's plate he set one half. "Why?" she smiled innocently back at him. "You must eat it," he admonished her, "for when Eve ate the apple she knew she was naked and felt ashamed...
...There were also 950 enlisted men under command of Brigadier General Henry G. Learnard who was to transship some of his detachment at Honolulu for service in China. The ship's crew numbered 147. Altogether there were some 1,200 people on board, and three Army doctors to care for them in sickness...
...Then, gentle, palpitating, irridescent, comes a voice of a young female and turning one beholds a Chrysler roadster or a Stutz roadster or even a Hispano-Suiza (although this would be very improbable). The occupant, a woman--young, comely and solitary--inquires as to whether or not one would care to ride. What is the correct action to take? I am a stranger in your city...
...stated quite baldly that the President had to make the choice between incompetence and the loss of support of the Anti-Saloon League. He chose incompetence. Possible votes twenty months from now, then, are of more importance than present and effective administration of government. And no one seems to care a great deal perhaps because no one will cavil at ineffective dry administration...