Word: existences
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...loan was offered by Greece as a mark of esteem for American democracy, but the underlying idea was said to be that "millions of Americans, particularly the younger student generation, may find inspiration for art study in viewing this matchless example of Grecian sculpture, of which reproductions exist in all countries...
...results of yesterday's track meet were gratifying, and in some of the field events, most surprising. On the whole, however, the weaknesses which had been predicted were found to exist: and the scores may be partly explained by the striking numerical inferiority of the game Virginia team. But nothing can detract from the excellent individual performances of a large number of Harvard athletes who have had little previous experience...
...According to this doctrine of happiness," he went on last night, "every man has the right to be happy, and so if he is unhappy he is entitled to complain of a wrong and the guilty individual who has taken his share. It is radically false, and did not exist in the older philosophies. The doctrine began in England two and a half centuries ago during the reign of Charles the Second, a period when other unwholesome things crept into the world. The word 'happiness' does not occur a single time in the authorized version of the Bible. 'Happy' does...
...improper parallels. At least one Catholic set treats of all manner of things, ecclesiastical, historical, scientific and otherwise, and treats of them all from a Catholic point of view. The plan of Judge Rogers' encyclopedia would seem to limit it to those subjects on which there should properly exist both a Protestant and a Catholic point of view. "Protestants will continue to trust secular encyclopedias for their knowledge of secular affairs," said one commentator...
...Journal of the American Medical Association, after an investigation "does not hesitate to express the opinion that the so-called Benjamin Franklin Fund does not exist and that the alleged major award to Banning is as big a hoax as the resurrection stunt at the Albany County Hospital." The latter allusion refers to a former incident in which Banning was involved. During the summer of 1923 newspaper editors received four typewritten pages, legal size, purporting to come from the Albany Chamber of Commerce. It dealt with the "most remarkable case in modern medical science" that had recently happened...