Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There are an increasing number of individuals who have sufficient resources to enable them to minister in the most substantial way to the humanitarian and artistic side of life. . . . So many of our people have large amounts of property that it is taken on the aspect of being common.* It is doubtful if there ever was a time when great wealth gave its possessors so little power as at present...
English jurists were still arguing hotly, last week, whether the Lord High Chancellor did not break the common law of England when he had Henry VII's Chapel roped off for his wedding. The law is explicit. The ceremony must take place with open doors because, at any moment someone may need to rush in and state why the marriage should not take place...
...race." Early recognition and prompt treatment of cancer is always of inestimable value, particularly in breast cancer. The burden of caring for the sick and aged falls chiefly upon women, and for this reason they should know that cancer is not contagious, and that many of the common beliefs regarding its cause and treatment are untrue. Because they are so often the guardians of the family's health, the Society feels it is particularly important that they should realize that prompt treatment from a reliable physician is the only course to follow when a cancer is suspected and discovered...
...intimacy with him. It is high time to declare before all the world that Benito does not exist any more. Today Mussolini must be known as the "Duce" and only as the "Duce." Nobody has any right to speak of him in the ordinary manner that one refers to common human beings. He is above all. Even his title is not to be taken in vain. It should only be pro nounced with awe and reverence...
...crew season will get underway at 5 o'clock this afternoon with a meeting of all upper class crew men in Smith Halls Common Room. The Freshman season will also be inaugurated by a meeting at 7 o'clock...