Word: comely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...teachings of my hardworking, religious mother that prepared me for a happy life of service based on faith in God. ... At this very moment there are gathered around her grave some of my relatives who were unable to come to this ceremony and for me, in her memory, they are tenderly laying on her grave a cross of fresh flowers...
...dealing of any kind whatsoever between two or more persons." Such a tax, replacing the State's present ad valorem tax, would net $25,000,000 annually, thought the Governor, to help pay for State old age pensions up to $15 a month (another $15 to come from the Federal Government...
Sweeping past Montserrat, the high mountain on which the most famous of Spain's monasteries stands, the Rebels' western force pressed on toward the high range of hills, highest of which is Tibidabo, at Barcelona's back door. Barcelona's last-ditch stand would come before Tibidabo was reached, since the Rebel capture of it would mean certain conquest of the city...
...stamp Diet last week heard its new Premier, Fascist-minded Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, make some unorthodox admissions: 1) Chinese resistance was formidable; 2) in conquered territory Japanese troops controlled only cities and communications lines; 3) the Japanese Army will have to remain in China for a long time to come...
...There is no need to declare a Republic of Ireland. . . . There is no need to reaffirm the declaration of Irish independence. The hour has come for a supreme effort to make both effective, so in the name of the unconquered dead and the faithful living we pledge ourselves to the task. . . . We call upon the people of Ireland ... to assist us in the efforts we are about to make in God's name...