Word: mained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some ways as powerful a speaker as one could expect to hear. But last Friday evening he seemed essentially an expert juggler of fallacies. His reasoning was hollow. However eloquently it was presented, its convincing power wears off the more one thinks of it. His three main accusations against the Theory of Evolution were that it was silly, a mere guess, and a menace towards the Christian Religion...
According to L'Idea Nazionale, pro-Fascist Rome journal, the Government ?that is Premier Mussolini?is preparing a National Defence Act, the main provisions of which were said...
This sprawling "essay in economic interpretation . . . a text book of culture . . ." which "will be serving in the schools of Russia within six months," labors two rather self-evident main points: 1) That many an artist now called "great" was a comfortable parasite upon the body plutocratic of his day; 2) that the word "propaganda" may connote the exertion of unconscious as well as conscious efforts to further a doctrine...
...Sinclair is a gifted journalist, if you care for the Hearst variety. He knows the news value of a similarity in the plots of Madame Bovary and Main Street. He knows that it catches the eye?and should pay?to headline "Prayer in Adultery" for his chapter on George Sand; and "God's Propaganda" for an A. D. 300 "review" of the four Gospels...
After the second inning the Freshmen had the game going their own way up to the final frame. It was only a last period rally which netted three runs that put the visiting first year men within striking distance of a victory. A considerable crowd had collected from the main contest, which had just finished, to see Barbee turn back the first two men who appeared in this inning and then send the third to first base on balls. The next man up got a single followed by a double from the bat of Phillips, accounting for two scores. Johnson...