Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...passed, they found they had saved a capital of $100. Proudly, they formalized their little business, became Louis Philippe, Inc. Their first trademarked line they named the "Angelus," the tribute of a dutiful son to the widow Angeline. By 1914, the American public was beginning to be cosmetic-conscious. Cosmetic makers, among them the Philippes, valued their products in that year...
Fascist Mussolini seemingly did not conceive that his ardent words could give offense; but Anti-Fascist Birkenhead, conscious that his icy logic must have offended, threw a concluding sop to women: "Though a woman may not take a revealed part in the conduct of affairs, we need not fall into the error of supposing that she has no influence in deciding them. ... I can make my meaning more easily understood by repeating a remark made by the Duchess of Burgundy to Madame de Maintenon. 'Do you know,' she said, 'why the queens of England have ruled...
...Ignaz Seipel. Did they realize, he rapped sternly, that he had only just patched up the break in Austro-Italian relations which occurred when an Austrian mob stormed the Italian consulate at Innsbruck (TIME, June 4), resulting in the recall of the Italian Minister from Vienna. Were they conscious that not until last fortnight did Italian Minister Giacinto Auriti return to Vienna. Under the circumstances, and considering the relative potencies of militant Italy and disarmed Austria, the 289 Mayors were informed by Monsignor Ignaz Seipel that he would not (i. e., dared not) protest against the new Italian monument which...
...Tashi Lama, has been deserted and desecrated. Lamas, teachers of the people, tell fortunes for alms, by the haunches of mutton, or dice; they beg and cheat; to mystify the ignorant, they mutter squeaky conjurations or play with human bones. The forest-dwelling Buddhists revere arrows and absurd amulets. Conscious reverence for Buddha is held by very...
...seemed then that the tournament had turned into a private match between Jones and Hagen. People who had hoped Farrell would do something were disappointed. They pointed out that Farrell, always sensitive, had been made self-conscious by being elected the best dressed* professional golfer for the second year in succession. They said that he had been unlucky in being paired with Jones, who was followed by such a big gallery that Farrell was forced at times to beg the marshals to clear a lane for him to swing his club in. When the third round began, Farrell was seven...