Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...turn aside to discuss," said he with studied innocence, "third party movements. Such a movement is not impossible, not even improbable." This declaration he made in a speech which was in reality an excoriation of the Republican Party for not having any real issues, for "a want of faith apparently in the willingness of the electorate to follow a bold and determined program." He said, in part: "If I were to suggest the underlying fundamental vice of American politics at this time, I would unhesitatingly declare that it consists in playing the game on too low a standard-far below...
...does not merit a resurrection from the land of the dead and gone. When "The Miracle Man" appeared in book form from the pen of Frank Packard it was an effective and striking story, but in the play, George Cohan has treated the Patriarch of Needley, Maine, and his faith, strong enough to make a "gang of crooks go straight", in a manner which amuses but does not convince...
With evil intent comes "Doc" Madison and his gang to exploit the healing powers of the Patriarch. But they reckon without two things--faith and love. On the eve of success, Helena, who is posing as the Patriarch's long-lost granddaughter, suffers twinges of conscience. She finally tells Harry Evans and Michael Coogan that she can not go through with the conspiracy. The Patriarch is too good a man. But, the forces of good have not been working on Helena alone. Both Harry and Michael have found in this little village a love which has shown them the error...
...world is struggling as never before to free itself from the domination of war and force, we are all of us expected to bow down, before Poincare and say: 'Yes, this is the right and Christian way to compel the payment of the debt'. We who hold to our faith in the teachings of Jesus Christ are asked to believe that any sums of money which may be pressed out of the Ruhr are to be sanctified and holy, that the coal mined by a half-starved and half-distracted miner at the point of a bayonet will bring peace...
Prayer: Five hundred copies of Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdiek's book, The Meaning of Prayer, were ordered by the head of a large corporation for his employees. They were presented with this message: " If you can get a grip on a faith like that it's going to mean the greatest year this company ever...