Word: human
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...miss MacDonald's eyes but they would certainly miss his much-publicized heart. British dopesters were busy last week figuring that, if MacDonald resigned, he would take with him the weak men in the National Cabinet. This meant two in particular: Sir John Simon whose Olympian coldness in human contacts had not served Britain well in foreign affairs; and the Marquess of Londonderry, Air Minister, who should have known that Germany was building an air fleet...
This, we submit, is just as it should be. Certainly, it is not the least important function of a university to preserve for itself and its students an attitude of mind that is above partisanship and eager to acclaim human worth wherever found. American can be proud that its oldest university is one that never sidesteps this duty...
Thirteen years ago Listerine's admen made the U. S. public halitosis-conscious. Since then newspaper and magazine advertising pages have been smeared with warnings of strange afflictions discovered by copywriters. Last week Printers' Ink counted up 93, of which 63 directly concern the human body. Nineteen afflict the skin, 13 concern the oral cavity, eight visit the digestive tract. Counting five bad-breath plagues included in the oral category, twelve have to do with nasty smells...
...pathetic." Catherine found her liberal-philosophizing theories sharply modified by the experience of ruling Russia. When Philosopher Diderot reproached her for her change of heart, she replied: "You philosophers are fortunate people. You write on patient paper-I, poor empress, am forced to write upon the ticklish skin of human beings." Darkest blot on her scutcheon was the murder of Ivan, the real heir to the throne, who had been kept in prison since his birth, at 24 (when Catherine went to visit him) had never seen a woman. Of Catherine's complicity in his murder, says Biographer Kaus...
...nature he finds surcease from human irritations...