Word: faith
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...public conscience nor private scruple, who are only interested in getting back inordinate privileges." Chairman Farley braced himself for Republican "perversion of the facts," "outright lies." "foul whisperings." "We must work." continued Boss Farley, "for a victory so overwhelming as to make it plain forever that democracy is the faith of our people and that loyalty to a great President cannot be broken down even by a flood of money...
Frank Hague, Mayor of Jersey City stood up to offer a resounding resolution which began by proposing "that we ... reaffirm our unanimous and unfaltering loyalty to our great President" and ended with a tribute to "the leader whose match less courage and faith in the people of our land has given the world an example of pure devotion to public duty and genius in statesmanship that will cause to stand out in the annals of humanity the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt!" Less quick-witted than usual, Boss Farley called for a vote on the resolution. To the mortification...
...will be placed on the team I can not say definitely, for we put entire faith in Manager Joe Cronin to arrange for fielding the best team...
Readers who had any doubt whatever that James Gould Cozzens was a professional writer in the best sense, last week had their doubts finally dispelled. His latest novel, Men and Brethren, is a highly interesting, racy book about faith and works, with a faithful, hard-working parson as its protagonist. And Author Cozzens has written it "straight," with no satire, as little horseplay as possible...
...enough. It was in orchestrating this hackneyed melody that Tinpanner Stong showed his real ability. And, whether as a sop to his own conscience or as a fillip to his fans' sentimental sadism, the conclusion was what cinemaddicts call unhappy. But readers closed the book in the faith that Hollywood's all-conquering love would surely be able to move this inconsiderable mountain...