Word: habitations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even Poetess Naidu found little warmth in Jinnah: "Somewhat formal and fastidious and a little aloof and imperious of manner. . . . Tall and stately, but thin to the point of emaciation, languid and luxurious of habit, Jinnah's attenuated form is the deceptive sheath of a spirit of exceptional vitality and endurance...
...Church of England's Commission on Evangelism wanted to hire an advertising agency. Some argued that church-going should be put across with the kind of bang-up press and poster campaign that makes a cathartic into a national habit. Canon Marcus Knight of St. Paul's Cathedral was not enthusiastic. Observed the Canon at a Commission meeting: "There would be a real danger of having a portly bishop sitting on a Noah's Ark in a stormy sea, with a slogan, 'The Church of England prevents that sinking feeling...
...Yanks Are Coming. The American League was full of old familiar faces-and the rookies hardly had a chance. The Yankees had veterans in every spot but one-pitching. The new Joe Di Maggio (TIME, April 8) had his old home-run habit; Charlie ("Muscle Man") Keller was still denting the fences; and underrated Tommy Henrich was still hitting well...
Simple v. Complex. In horse & buggy days, Protestantism's position was reinforced in every phase of U.S. life: church was the natural center for social gatherings, ministers were the cultural leaders of the community, Bible reading was a family habit. Today, changed conditions confront Protestantism "with a task for which the simple and direct methods appropriate to an age of simple and unorganized individualism are no longer adequate...
...book is about Dickens' temporary obsession with hypnotism. After successfully putting his own not-very-wide-awake wife to sleep, Dickens felt the need to try his hypnotic power on the spry wife of a Swiss banker. When in bed, this attractive, possibly neurotic lady was in the habit of rolling up into a tight ball between one and two a.m. Mrs. Dickens resented the fact that only the "strokings and passes" of Hypnotist Dickens could induce her to unwind...