Word: casuality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When he entered office, Mr. Bingham created a sensation among the newspaper fraternity by treating them as human beings. This was something new to Harvard correspondents and casual newspaper visitors. For some reason or other, Mr. Bingham didnot seem to fear that he would be stabbed in the back, that he would be systematically betrayed. He spoke frankly with the reporters, nor is there any evidence to show that he ever had cause to regret his frankness. At least, Mr. Bingham, far from adopting a defensive policy, continues to place in the newspapermen with whom he comes into contact, complete...
Theologians have decided that it happened on a Friday, April 7, 1899 years ago. At 3 o'clock the women and gamins who had climbed the hill, and the casual Roman soldiers who had gambled for the clothes, heard the words, "Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit." So brave, so peaceful was the death that even the Romans were troubled. Clouds gathered and there was an earthquake...
This picture has been very appropriately hung directly behind Brancusi's "Golden Bird" since this is the one piece of sculpture, the significance of which is as difficult for the casual observer to grasp as is that of Miro's painting...
...Bill which authorized the imposition of a maximum penalty of $10,000 fine or five years imprisonment or both for violations of the National Prohibition Law. The purpose according to Senator Jones, was to combat large scale "bootlegging" operations. By a special provision "the courts are to discriminate between casual or slight violations and so called regular bootlegging or attempts to commercialize violations of law". This latter provision has no legal effect since it is but a pious exhortation to the judges to be nice to the amateur offender and to be severe on the individual engaged in the liquor...
There were two arresting works by a man named O. (for Otto) Soglow. One was a black and white study of a city street at nightfall. The casual silhouettes were expressive of simple, mundane destinies. Paris was an oil painting of a lugubrious couple and a stein of beer. The malty futility of a sidewalk cafe existence is a familiar subject, but Satirist Soglow had handled it with distinction...