Word: descent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...young Methodists" or "young Presbyterians" in newspaper accounts. Judaism is much more than a religious denomination, and a Jew is a Jew not necessarily by virtue of his religious affiliation. A Jew may be an agnostic and yet he still passes for a Jew by virtue of his descent from the Jewish race. To say this is of course rank heresy, and now that we have made this statement we are quite prepared for the attacks which may come upon us from those who continue to maintain that a Jew is a Jew only by virtue of his membership...
...Born of Irish and Spanish descent, he went to Rome early, was trained for the diplomatic service of the Church, has known no home but Rome...
...second day news of Bienaimé's descent put him out of the reckoning and the race was actually between the U. S. and Belgium. On the third day Van Orman, piloting the Goodyear III, dropped into the Atlantic after covering 441.18 miles. He and his equipment were saved by the German ship Vaterland. Next came the news that De Muyter had landed at Quemper in France, having covered a distance of 422.54 miles. It was thought that the American's landing in the sea disqualified him and it seemed certain that the Belgian would be awarded...
Born. To Serge Platonovitch Obolensky Neledinsky Meletsky, Russian prince who claims descent from Rurik, founder of the Russian Monarchy, and Princess Obolensky (Alice Muriel Astor, daughter of the late John Jacob Astor), a son. The Prince's first wife was a daughter of Tsar Alexander...
...entering class in Harvard College. The Associated Harvard Clubs Committee on Service to the University--which committee consists of all of the former presidents of the association--had suggested in its report that "there might be taken into consideration a principal of selection . . . having reference to the matter of descent from Harvard men and Harvard families." President Lowell made it clear that he did not approve of that suggestion...