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...appearances the excessively freedom-loving Riffi, each of whom is accustomed to guard his personal freedom with his own rifle, cannot be made to covet the blessings which might or might not flow in Morocco under a Franco-Spanish administration...
...Lord thy God in vain. . . . 4) Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. . . . 5) Honor thy father and thy mother. . . . 6) Thou shalt do no murder. 7) Thou shalt not commit adultery 8) Thou shalt not steal. 9) Thou shalt not bear false witness. . . . 10) Thou shalt not covet. . . . Even after this present rereading, how many people can repeat all the Ten Commandments? Few, very few, witty Walter B. Pitkin, Associate Professor of Journalism of Columbia University, recounted last week. Doubtless he could not do so himself. Yet for some time Professor Pitkin has been asking people...
...Thou shalt not covet...
...message. Curious hundreds would be sure to jostle for a glimpse of the mournful Bryan, whose moans were loud in the land as, defeated on a Presbyterian issue (see RELIGION), he advertised his leadership of the crusade against "monkeyism." With a snarl or two at Chattanooga, who seemed to covet its juicy bone of publicity, Dayton made ready. The Progressive Club "drove" for $5,000 for additional publicity. A drug store re-named itself "Monkeyville Soda Fountain" and dispensed miniature simians. To house the crowds expected, the railroad company was asked for a fleet of Pullman cars. Cordell Hull, onetime...
...House of the Laity nothing changed. In the interest of women much was proposed, but nothing granted. Only women who will promise to " obey " can be church-married. The Tenth Commandment also remains intact. It still reads: "Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is his." Miss Maude Royden, persistent feminist agitator, endeavored to have "wife " eliminated. " Women dislike to be categoried with...