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Word: filed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many a thoughtful Protestant will agree with John Raleigh Mott, octogenarian Y.M.C.A. leader, that "entirely too many resolutions are being passed by churches [and] denominational bodies." The grand old man of foreign missions is quoted in the Protestant Voice: "This is a colossal escape mechanism. I have on file now 115 sets of elaborate resolutions. Certain bodies meet, deliberate, announce that they have come to such-and-such a conclusion, then they sit back on their oars and do nothing more. What we need is enlightened, imaginative and even revolutionary leadership in religion today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Good Resolutions | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

Money Mad. In Philadelphia, John Santini pleaded guilty to killing a woman with a file, explained that she was continually trying to borrow money, and that this annoyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 26, 1945 | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

...express my admiration and gratitude to a country which produces in its rank & file such an innate sense of human decency that it can handle military formality and extend a generous friendliness even to strangers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 19, 1945 | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

...UNRRA's policies and functions can be altered only by a majority vote of the 44 member nations; 2) the Potsdam agreement has already opened up the countries of southeastern Europe to U.S. correspondents, who have recently been able to file an astonishing amount of highly critical copy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: A String for UNRRA | 11/12/1945 | See Source »

Much to their surprise, correspondents were allowed to file the whole story. And then the collar of Russian censorship was buttoned up again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Letter to the Russians | 11/12/1945 | See Source »

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