Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Conservative M. P.'s, conscious that DIGNITY is the sine qua non of a true British Parliament, sat owlishly upon their benches, silent for the most part, but exclaiming murmurously from time to time, "Wring his neck. Hear, hear! Wring his neck. Hear, hear, hear!" Mr. Speaker, as a last resort, adjourned the sitting and departed, but still the panting, tugging, shirt-tearing, tie-mussing, hair-tousling tussle went...
...after our own-a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism. It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity . . . and to try humbly to comprehend even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature...
...half of the bare whitewashed courtroom of Sciacca, Sicily, is taken up by three enormous cages of stout iron bars. On wooden benches inside the cages last week sat 178 scowling swarthy Sicilians, all soberly dressed. Scattered among the prisoners were a few self-conscious carabinieri fingering their white shoulder belts nervously. Entered the jury that had been deliberating for four days. "Guilty!" - in crisp official Italian, the judge pronounced sentences...
...plane and dozed where he lay while Hillig bustled to a telephone, called Copenhagen and learned of the great crowds that waited to lionize them at the airport. They must fly on! Valiantly Hoiriis pulled himself together and they did fly, but only as far as Bremen. Half-conscious Hoiriis put the plane down, fell asleep without a word and was carried to a hangar...
...year came 6-ft.-4-in., 17-year-old "Rex" Wilbur of Riverside, Calif.? The friendship begun at college between these two?like the friendship between Co-eds Lou Henry and Marguerite Blake whom they later married ?was to live long. Dr. Jordan was to be specially conscious of Bert Hoover who ran a laundry agency and engineered undergraduate elections...