Word: devotedness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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On Monday, June 4 I purchased a copy of TIME and was delighted to find under the section devoted to Religion a story about the appearance on the platform of Kansas City, of Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion of the world, colored and convicted violator of the Mann Act. I...
Coincidently, the first important biography of Hearst has appeared.* It depicts Hearst as a onetime Harvard student who "tried manfully to drink beer," as a devoted husband, "a keen student of the Bible," and, through his newspapers, "a world force," a man who "has shortened by a generation certain sorely...
George Wigglesworth: Sixth in an unbroken line of Harvard men, who in college were high scholars and in private station have devoted their lives to the public good. A rare spirit and a great gentleman.
Studies. The entire year was devoted to a thorough investigation of Athens in the fifth century B. C.-the idea being that when a student masters one civilization he is able to deal intelligently with any civilization or any problem: Dr. Meiklejohn and eleven instructors gave the students a program...
The newspaper he has bought celebrates this year its centenary. Substantial and progressive, ft has increased its circulation by 50% in the last seven years, now stands sixth in the nation in classified advertising lineage. It is devoted to the cause of good Republicanism and Mr. Gannett will not interfere...