Word: die
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There were 235,000 people who died of cardiac troubles last year in the U. S., and there must have been many times that number who suffered from these troubles who, I believe, could either be cured or relieved by such institutions as that we are endeavoring to build at Saratoga (TIME, March 3). I have been informed that more people die of cardiac diseases yearly than from cancer, pneumonia and tuberculosis combined. I do not say that Saratoga, when completed as a spa and health resort, could by itself cure or relieve any large proportion of these sufferers...
...your questions about stage door Johnnies, I am sorry to say they are defunct as far as I know. They were amusing in their day so I have heard, but they are hard to find now. I don't know whether the die-hards would have me blame this on the talkies too, but whatever it was, it has carried off one of the most amusing sides of stage life. They did take themselves so seriously," and here Miss MacKenzie illuminated her remark with a grimace that was serious to beyond the hopes of the most accomplished of the gentlemen...
...Parsee lets his sacred flame die out, he is exceedingly upset, for the Parsee's flame is the Parsee's religion. Last week a great U.S. industry, in which Fire is a vital pillar of the structure of Profit, was horrified by the suggestion that it neglect its flames once a week...
Author Alfred Neumann, 35, is a Prussian, now lives in Munich. He made a reputation with Der Patriot (1925), Konig Haber (1926), won the Kleist Prize (1926) with Der Teufel. Other books: Die Rebellen, Rebels, Guerra (translation to be published this spring...
...Skeptic Mencken's agnosticism (see col. i), goes farther than most Christians' hope. He believes not only that human beings survive death, but that they keep their memory, are able in some cases to communicate with the friends they leave behind them. Survivalist Lodge wanted not to die, wanted some scientific indication that his wish would come true. But he started with faith. Now "I know for a fact that, as individuals we survive the death of the body...