Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...person so affected is impressed with the belief that his sight will be restored even if it has been lost for a long time, it comes back again no matter how this belief is conveyed to him. A positive assurance made by the person in whom he has faith will usually effect a cure. A typical instance of this is described in the little booklet, "What You Should Know About Eyes," forming one of the National Health Series published by Funk & Wagnalls...
Those who remember the Janet Gaynor of "Sunny Side Up" (1929), and have been disappointed in her later vehicles, will find their faith has not been misplaced. In "A Star Is Born," Miss Gaynor finds opportunity to display her wide range of acting ability to the utmost, and Technicolor is most becoming to her appearance on the screen. She plays the part of the small town girl who goes to the film colony to make good, finally landing a job and a husband when she meets the studio big shot, Fredric March...
...faith of the graduates was well founded. These three men, enlarging and improving the school, made it a more vital influence in the nation. It has become the foremost institution of the kind in the world, profoundly affecting the teaching and the concepts of the law in all English speaking countries...
...Declaration of Independence, and who remember that the British crown is one thousand years older. It is not surprising that outsiders did not catch the spirit of the moment, for the peculiar, insular English people were at the moment most solemn and most English. "Defender of the Faith" is one of the titles of their King, but the meaning of the phrase has changed. George VI no longer protects one religion; he stands for faith in the whole past and for the service of tradition to the troubles of today...
Other Provisions. Erse (Gaelic) will be the official language, with English as an alternate. No divorces will be permitted. Though the Roman Catholic Church will be recognized as "the guardian of the faith professed by the great majority of the citizens," religious freedom will be guaranteed to other denominations...