Word: manner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Several times during the past year TIME has, in its own inimitable manner, made very free and impudent references to me and my work. It might possibly be more civilized albeit less amusing to print something on the other side. Would it do violence to your sense of humor to pay some public attention to facts...
Hence, this week the U. S. Senate sees Elmer Austin Benson take a place beside Minnesota's Hendrik Shipstead as No. 2 Farmer-Laborite Senator. Benson's age: 40. His manner: mild, cautious. His religion: Lutheran. His disposition: silent Norwegian determination. His habits : abstemious. His appearance: well-groomed. His instinct: righteous conservatism in everything except politics. Until two years ago he was a bank cashier in his native Appleton. Minn., a man who displayed his deep-seated ambition by being hardworking, meticulous, self-denying and an ardent Farmer-Laborite. Then Governor Olson made him State Securities Commissioner, later...
...Alfred Rosenberg . . .: 'Law is what the "Aryan" man deems to be right; legal wrong is what he rejects.' " By this arrangement of German Justice, a situation is created which soft-spoken James Grover McDonald feels ought to cause the Great Powers to deal with Germany in a manner "friendly but firm...
...that she could rely on something sounder than luck. She is an accomplished, rich-voiced singer with a commanding stage presence and a fine flair for acting. As Amneris she was regal enough to be a king's daughter. Throughout the performance she maintained more of the grand manner than any one on the stage, although John Charles Thomas projected a noble dignity as the captive Amonasro, Aïda's Haile Selassie...
Last week Dr. Carrel made his great audience believe that scientists have immortality in their power. Said he: "Although remote, some individuals could be put in storage for long periods of time, brought back to normal existence for other periods, and permitted in this manner to live for several centuries. We should remember the Utopias of today are sometimes the realities of tomorrow...