Word: extant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Persia in 1863 by one Mirzá Husayn-'Ali, who took the name of Bahá'u'lláh (Glory of God). His followers emphasize the unity of mankind, universal peace, abolishment of extreme inequalities of wealth, and a world faith absorbing all religions now extant. Prominent Bahá'is include Mrs. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, wife of New York's onetime lieutenant governor. The Wilmette Temple's nine sides symbolize the world's nine chief religions, but not all Bahá'is agree as to what those religions are. Among...
...Communist Party and possession of literature, most of which can be found in Widener's stacks, the Red Herring was thrust back into its barrel. But the people who prosecute Communists because they are Communists, and the law which they used for their drive against local Reds, are still extant, and their disregard of the Bill of Rights can continue to damage civil liberties...
...pages on Mondays, will not publish Sundays. The Sabbath is reserved for bluff & breezy Yank. The two papers, which are not for sale to Britain's public or soldiers, will cost the doughboys sixpence a week. Although their circulations are secret, they are unquestionably the fastest growing publications extant...
Although not yet extant a century, the history of the Harvard Union has been as erratically interesting as the oldest timber in the Yard, reflecting throughout the popular theme of social transition...
...beloved animal fable of Mowgli, the Hindu boy who was raised by jungle wolves, into a movie. It can't be done. The myth-destroying movie camera produces a laborious, sometimes silly tale, saved from disgrace only by some of the best Techni-colored animal photography extant...