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...Pislam Civ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 27, 1941 | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

With reference to Hollywood's ingenuity in devising peculiar names, you may be interested to know that Pislam Civ (not Siv or Xiv) appeared in the one-act play contest at Bowdoin College in 1936 or 1937, if my memory serves me. This character, however, was male and derived his name from Psalm CIV. Is this a clue to how rapidly an idea travels from Maine to California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 27, 1941 | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

Best general references: R. N. Cust, Notes on Missionary Subjects; Canon Taylor, The Great Missionary Failure, Fortnightly Review, Vol. L (October, 1888); Canon Taylor, Missionary Finance, Fortnightly Review, Vol. L (Nov. 1888); A. H. Atteridge, A Protestant Criticism of Protestant Missions, Dublin Review, 1889, Volume CIV, p. 121; Economic Defects in Christian Missions, Scribner's Monthly, Vol. XX; Missions-New Style, Nation, Vol. LXI, p. 235; Missionary Temptations, Nation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/24/1896 | See Source »

...Party management by public officials distracts their attention from good administration, - (a) Most government offices purely administrative. Eight Rep. Civ. Ser. Com., June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 11/14/1892 | See Source »

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