Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those few undergraduates who are mildly interested in the results of their semester's work the difficulty of obtaining grades and the impossibility of seeing corrected blue books are issues of at least passing interest. Some, whose concern is leavened by the proximity of probation or Dean's List, have been known to rear back on their hind legs and shout disapproval in no uncertain terms, audible even in University Hall...
Whirling into Cowperthwaite from Memorial Drive, a small car sent shivers of concern down the spines of helpless onlookers. Their fears, however, were premature. The tiny darling tripped suddenly yet daintily to the certain safety of the sidewalk, hastily exclaiming to no one in particular...
...Because a concern for freedom of speech and civil liberties is part & parcel of whatever variety of belief radical ministers hold, they tingled to a report from the Methodist Federation for Social Service that "Fascist" terror, force, violence and intimidation were on the increase in 1935. Last Sunday all U. S. Unitarian ministers were invited to read and comment upon a "Statement on Civil and Religious Liberties" sent out by the Unitarian Department of Social Relations. The Statement particularly deplored teachers' oath statutes...
Russet Mantle (by Lynn Riggs; Mayer & Queen, producers) is supposed to concern itself chiefly with a couple of young New Dealers (Martha Sleeper and John Beal), who sound off at length about Changing the System but, by curtain time, have succeeded only in conceiving an illegitimate baby. However, this juvenile and somewhat embarrassing love affair is not the thing which makes Russet Mantle a notable addition to the Broadway season. Instead of standing around as background for the youngsters, the older members of the cast steal the show for themselves. If this turn of events surprised Playwright Riggs, Playwright Riggs...
...healer once saved his life when he was dying of hiccups. Coue technique cured his wife's varicose veins. Sinclair deplores the lapse of the Church's healing powers, remarks feelingly: "Many people feel that it is beneath the dignity of an inspired religion like Christianity to concern itself with people's bunions and piles. I used to feel that way myself, but I changed my mind when I had suffered a great deal...