Word: equal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great sub rosa concern of Protestant Episcopal bishops, priests, laymen who met at Washington last week for their 49th triennial convention was hierarchy. Nominally the bishops are co-equal with John Gardner Murray of Maryland as presiding bishop. But a growing faction of Episcopalians love regimentation. Particularly the Anglicans among them talk of creating archbishops. Others oppose them tooth and claw. Of this denominational stress little appeared when the convention opened last week and little of anything else. The time was spent shaking hands and preparing for contest of the next week...
...roster of 9295 contains 99 Smiths, 37 Browns, an equal number of Joneses, and 31 Robinsons. Fifth in the list of surnames according to numerical strength are 27 Cohens. The Murphys and Sullivans muster 20 and 16 respectively...
...only must a preparatory or secondary school man pass entrance examinations equal in scope and demands to those of other institutions; he must, in addition, withstand the rigours involved in the securing of an appointment and the proving of himself as physically fly according to a high standard of fitness. A slip in any one of these pre-cadet requisites spells disqualification...
...Flappers" & "Reds." The song sums up in a few catchy and atrocious rhymes the nub of what Stanley Baldwin had to say when he finally arose and spoke. The line about "ladies" having "along with men an equal vote" refers to the chief accomplishment of the Baldwin Cabinet, namely enfranchisement of 5,000,000 young British women by the passage of the famed Equal Franchise ("Votes for Flappers") Bill (TIME, Aug. 13 et ante...
...Land which must give an authentic impression of that hell to one who has never been there. Upon the square shoulders of George Jessel has been placed the task of carrying off the play's heavier moments-a task to which he is more than equal...