Word: factly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Truth, like murder, will out eventually, has, as a matter of fact, come out in this matter already. When the Church, of which this priest is a member, makes public the fact that he does not represent its views on this subject, when the Dec. 30 issue of The Commonweal publishes two articles by high Catholic Churchmen blasting his statements, when outstanding Protestant ministers and laymen have condemned such vicious un-Americanism, how long are people going to listen to such guff from the head of the discredited Social Justice political party...
...That the British Army is as stupid as one would be led to believe from the fact that only by the suicidal bungling of Gunga Din was the entire command saved from walking into a death trap...
Anent the New Zealand egg story [TIME, Feb. 13]. No marvel to readers is the fact that bedridden Harold Ryder "set" on a chicken egg and succeeded in hatching it. Any constantly warm location would have done the same for said egg. The marvel lies in the fact that Mr. Ryder, who probably weighs between 100 and 200 pounds, was able to lie abed with an egg for 25 days and nights and not so much as crack the shell...
...fact that devices easily applicable to the military were being developed in Bridgman's laboratory, seems to be the main factor influencing approbation of the dictum. Harold M. Westergaard, Gordon McKay Professor of Civil Engineering, himself a Lieutenant Commander, thought that the "ultimatum will have only good effects...
...season. His 50-yard efforts also have not been startling this winter. Jim Curwen is sure to take both sprints handily, Eric Cutler and Frannie Powers will prevail over any Lion men in the distances, and Rusty Greenhood should have no trouble with Jack Keating of the Blue. In fact, Keating may take third behind Crimson's Chet Sagenkahn if the latter continues his consistent work on the springboard. The Columbia relay team, capable of 3:45, may prevail over a Harvard quartet minus Stowell and Bosworth...