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Word: compassionate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The defense reeked with sentimentality and patriotism. Lawyer Hogan made the women of the jury weep. Doheny on the witness stand cried easily and often. Frequent were the references to Fall's bad health. Lawyer Thompson tried to describe "a red haired young man" (Doheny) and "a black haired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: First Felon | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

Born under a dark star, Nancy Pringle never knew whether it was the Master of Fassefern who had sired her, or Willie Weams, the groom. Divot Meg, the village's woman, out of compassion for Nancy, swore it was the master, then strangled Nancy's mother lest she...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blaze of Beauty | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

"Al, Al, Al, we're still with you," the people were shouting. A note of compassion blended with their joy at seeing him and made it a sharper cry than ever before. The Brown Derby waved as of old, but the old smile somehow did not come. The lips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Exit | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

Tosca, Lohengrin, Cavelleria, Walkure followed the first season. Rosenkavalier, Thaïs, Tannhaüser, Fedora, Jenufa, Jewels of the Madonna, Turandot, Violanta, Carmen have been added since. Tosca and its like have brought her most fame. All the world knows now that she sings the Vissi d'arte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Egyptian Helen | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

Compassion and consideration should always be shown to those who are still religious. Personally I like to pretend that I have lost all contact with religion, and then sometimes I wonder.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taft Letter | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

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