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Word: forwardness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...senile. Its facilities for gambling and original sin were on a similar scale. In this situation a 33-year-old lawyer made a difficult decision. He was rated one of the ablest young men at the Buffalo bar, had been assistant district attorney and might well have looked forward to an election as district attorney or even to Congress. But he decided to run for the hack job of Sheriff of Erie County. Doing so meant giving up his legal career for three years, but during those three years the sheriff's fees would reach a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Historic Relic | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

When this is accomplished the cripple will be moved forward into the spacious midsection of the ARD-3. The water will then be pumped out of the bottom tanks and the ARD3 will rise, lifting the damaged battleship high and dry so that repairmen can get at its vital parts. The ARD3 will t»e so big that it can take care of anything the U. S. Navy now has afloat, and almost anything smaller than the Queen Mary that it is likely to launch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: ARD-3 | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

Captain Jim Wood, in his farewell to college soccer was the fastest, smartest man on the field, while other heady exhibitions were produced by Goalie Put Williams, halfback George Phillips, and forward Frank Harnden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL THREE SOCCER TEAMS LOSE TO YALE | 11/21/1936 | See Source »

Coaches Jack Carr, Tom Motley, and Jim MacDonald maintain their regular lineups substantially unchanged. A possible sensational Varsity shift may see Goalie Put Williams playing part of the game at center forward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRIO OF SOCCER TEAMS BATTLING ELIS TODAY | 11/20/1936 | See Source »

...Buchman, who in his more infested moments, has asked for "a supernatural network over five wires," and for "a spiritual radiophone in every home," puts forward as the central object of the movement God-control of every person's every act. God-control is acquired by the faithful as a result of frequent "quiet times" when uninterrupted meditation produces God's answer to any troublesome problem. To a certain extent this seems to be the old faith in the natural man, a reliance on the efficacy of the still, small voice of conscience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Off Key | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

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