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Word: desiree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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As the year closes, what cabinet of a great Power is so sharply criticised as that of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin? During the past twelvemonth it has broken with Russia, declined to agree with the U. S. on naval limitation, neglected to deal with the desperate British coal situation, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Stocktaking | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

The motion for approval was put by First Lord of the Admiralty William Clive Bridgeman, a Cabinet member, speaking, he said, simply in behalf of "the man in the pew." Premier Baldwin himself supported Mr. Bridgeman, pointing out that the proposed revision was a compromise between high and low church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: No Popery! | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

Idiosyncracies. This lack of theocratic organization has permitted many idiosyncracies to develop in Protestant Episcopal services. A priest, if his parishioners tolerate his fancies, may add little gestures to his services, may modify the presentation of his ritual. This congregation may sit during certain prayers; that one may stand. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Rejected Prayer Book | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

An initial division of the Senior class into those who desire no assistance, those who wish to interview firms in the field which they have selected, and those who are undecided and wish to consult alumni in different kinds of business, seems to hold promise in its simplicity. An assurance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LIFELINE | 12/20/1927 | See Source »

Harvard is often held a hotbed of conservatism. Out of this hotbed springs next month a rarity; a wholesale educational experiment. When Harvard men come back from Christmas holidays classes will not be called.* Last spring the governing boards approved a vote of the faculty of Arts & Sciences. Educational machinery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Read, Read, Read | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

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