Word: flatnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...oppose science. We do not believe, as the Modernist does, that God has given us in the Bible all the truth we need to know. I can enjoy the sincere, and beautifully phrased religious sayings of Mica, but I don't believe Mica when he says the world is flat. God is the great moral power working through humanity. He is the great evolving power bringing us to better things. But he didn't cause Germany to become embroiled in war, as I am told Dr. Straton claimed, nor does he have a hand in isolated acts of that sort...
...President Coolidge addressed a letter to both branches of Congress requesting passage before March 15, of a bill to authorize a flat 25% reduction in 1923 taxes, payable this year. The legislators replied that it could not be done...
With spring officially beginning today, well dressed men throughout the college begin to give thought to the restocking of their wardrobes. Inquiries made yesterday at Fridolin's, August's and the Coop revealed the fact that loose-flowing coats and top-coats after English models, wide trousers, and flat-brimmed gray hates will be the outstanding features of spring wear...
...will be lowered nearer the Mellon (25%) rates; some that they will be raised nearer the Garner (44%) rates. The latter opinion seems to be gaining. During the interval of expectation, there was last week a little comedy enacted over that section of the bill which promises a 25% flat reduction for all income tax payments made this year...
...arara, a flat flounder-like fish of northern Brazil, has its tail equipped with a sharp spike containing a kind of poison. When the fish senses danger it raises the spike perpendicularly. Natives walking in the shallow waters of the region have been pierced, poisoned to death by the weapon...