Word: finest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Church of Pittsburgh. At first, the un-Presbyterian prospect of sports jackets and starlets did not attract him. "I said no at first when their call came," he said. "But later I realized it would be a burr under my saddle and that Hollywood would be one of the finest recruiting grounds in America. Also, I wanted to get my teeth into something...
...size doesn't matter." He would like the world to realize "that Hollywood isn't just a glitter spot; it is also a remarkably Godly spot. The press has given a distorted picture of our community. There is an enormous spiritual hunger here, and one of the finest groups of people in the world. Do you know that more divinity students are coming from Hollywood than any other community in America...
...member of the party, but in two years acquaintance with him, I've never seen his disagree with the party or fail to support its local front groups." I can only say of the first statement that I find it highly flattering, because the "thing" was one of the finest demonstrations ever to take place in Boston, and, indeed, ranks high on the long list of demonstrations which have been organized against Smith throughout the country. As for the second statement, I think it hardly necessary or even proper to answer, and thus render legitimate, such an obvious...
...began in 1638 with 400 books that young John Harvard brought with him from England. In spite of one testy librarian's belief that "students take books to their chambers and teare out pictures ... to adorne their walls," John Harvard's library grew into the finest in the Colonies. Then, on a stormy night in 1764, it burned to the ground. From John Harvard's collection, only one book - -John Downham's Christian Warfare Against the Deuill World and Flesh-was saved...
...Boston has reached a pretty low point when it headlines such people's insane accusations. I have my differences with Henry Wallace, but I will cheerfully forget them whenever such slimy characters as Mr. Steele creep out of the woodwork and start screaming "un-American," at one of the finest Americans of the present day. Allen H. Barton Chairman, HLU Summer Exec Leverett...