Word: habits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...times of stress "miracle men" have a habit of bobbing up with "messages" for a world in search of signs and wonders. Some swallow swords, some are buried alive, some sleep on tacks. Others-the more conservative kind-merely possess "supernatural powers...
...teachers . . . assume that we have established habits from which the graduate will not depart; and among these, we hope, is the habit of reading worth-while books. The average college graduate is more than likely to limit his reading to the newspaper, the comic books, a picture magazine, a magazine of condensations, and the book elections of a commercial literary club. If college men & women haven't learned to read the originals, to seek out the significant, they are literate but ignorant. Which is better, a nation of illiterate wise men, or of literate ignoramuses? Must we be either...
...Editor Hutchinson, a Methodist with a D.D. from both DePauw and Garrett Biblical Institute, and a Century veteran for 23 years, has no intention of changing the weekly's vigorous liberalism, its anti-denominationalism, its habit of speaking its mind. His biggest policy change, he says, will be a greater attempt to appeal to the laity. About 25% of the Century's readers are laymen; Editor Hutchinson hopes to boost it to 50%. Says he: "I'd like to keep our theological editorials short and crisp. Now, Dr. Morrison's editorials on theology are certainly impressive...
...mixed up with Cumberland Lumber Co. funds. Confessed Andy: "I checked out money in the most convenient way on whichever account was available." Somehow he had forgotten to account for $15,000 worth of lumber Cumberland had sold on the open market. He admitted that he was in the habit of depositing large wads of cash in two strong-boxes he kept handy in Washington and at home...
Last week rangy, phlegmatic righthander Hansen began to feel the pressure: a rival batter hit safely to right field. It was the first and only hit off Hansen this season. Said Bob with the air of a man who intends to stop a bad habit: "Boy, I'm glad that's over with...