Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Roosevelt joined by radio in dedicating a Will Rogers memorial museum and statue (by Jo Davidson) at Claremore, Okla. Excerpt: "When he [Rogers] wanted people to laugh out loud he used the methods of pure fun. And when he wanted to make a point for the good of all mankind, he used the kind of gentle irony that left no scars." Eddie Cantor said: "Any time you gave him a biscuit, he'd want to pay you back with a barrel of flour...
...political debate of 1938, like the debates of 1934 and 1936, has consisted 90% of talking at cross purposes: the Ins defying anyone to find fault with the New Deal's broad objective, to improve the lot of mankind. The Outs denouncing the New Deal's acts for making the lot of mankind harder...
...audience of 10,500 that packed the Boston Arena at yesterday afternoon's Communist rally answered Granville Hicks '23, Counselor in American History and Literature, when he asked, "Is it contrary to Harvard's traditions for me to speak the truth as I see it, and to serve mankind in the way that seems to me best...
...outer uniforms at present. The sun's age and man's antiquity being what they are, sunbathing has been practised for some time in the past without a policy. However, the price of clothing, the progress of medical thermo and radio technique, and the existing inclination of mankind toward nakedness and idleness may require the establishment of a policy. Sunbathing, by its very nature, seems to eliminate clothing, at least temporarily....The use of trunks has been established as suitable for public swimming from ships of the Navy, for race-boat crews, and other athletic exercises aboard ship...
...thinking of Paris, and all the teeming wards of Genevieve; whom he knew, whom he loved. People who lived and let live, people who could make dirty jokes seem clean, people who knew more than Carlyle about "the imperishable dignity of mankind...