Word: correctible
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...consent because the synagogue has been desecrated several times. He found it "difficult to see how any group could take offense at this film." Said he: "In no part of the script was suspicion cast upon any minority or group. All religions are facing this difficulty and we cannot correct an evil without showing what...
...Pilgrims going to church: "This painting is enshrined in the hearts of Americans, and it seems fitting to reproduce it. The men carried their muskets to church, placing them on a gunrack. In the center of the picture is seen the preacher with his Bible. The costume is correct for the period...
Whattya Know, Joe? Baker's happiness is based on the great discovery that most people do not know very much. Take It or Leave It gives each of five people from the studio audience a chance to answer seven questions correctly (or quit with a cash prize after any number of correct answers less than seven). Seven correct answers in a row nets the maximum $64. All that Baker has to do is ask the questions - prepared by a Smith College girl who was the only one in her class to flunk meteorology-and make everyone feel good...
...cheat yourself at craps-use the correct odds. This is the advice of John Scarne, professional magician and gambling authority for Yank magazine, who worked out the mathematics of the armed forces' No. 1 sport. By last week he had sent copies of the odds (printed on cards small enough to paste into helmets) to more than 2,000,000 servicemen. Scarne's table...
...What I need most to get ahead is to study vocabulary and to use the correct English when talking to a person. Sir: That is the subject that's keeping me down...