Word: masses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...grant him a disposition superior to chronic mud slinging, his provocation is immense. Before rattling off the presses, most novels have endured compression to standard dimensions of theme and plot. More than human patience would be required for the reviewer to pick out minor originalities from this stereotyped mass. After all, acidity is the best antidote for dullness...
Last week, at his home in Sudbury, Mass., Architect Cram heard of this discontent. He spoke over the telephone to the New York Times, saying...
Some 41 years ago Evangelist Ufford, in the leafy village square of Westwood, Mass., was exhorting the villagers with much gusto yet with some despair, for on the outskirts of the throng he noted many youths and maidens giggling and cutting up. How frail are their ties to the Church, reflected the young Methodist, even as he labored and prayed. They were drifting. . . sinking. . . . Phrases floated across his thoughts, took form. Later, at home, in half an hour he composed his hymn, which has been translated into nearly all major languages. Once in a tour of the world, he dramatically...
Father Mercier, in a low voice, said mass for his dying uncle. At the moment of the Agnus Dei, with its supplication to the Lamb of God, "who takest away the sins of the world," to give him peace, the dying one inclined his head as a token of peaceful leave of those around him. He tried to pronounce the benediction, but was too weak. His thin, transparent hand moved through the sign of the cross with effort. He was certain of death; had been refusing all medicines. Towards the last, attendants thought they heard him whisper " . . .rien...
...interlocking chain of broadcasting stations brought them all together, from Massachusetts to California. The main speaker of the evening was not in Manhattan, as other speakers were not. Dr. Samuel Wesley Stratton, President of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), made his speech in the Walker Memorial Building at Cambridge, Mass. General James Guthrie Harbord, President of the Radio Corporation, spoke from Washington, D. C., as did Vice President Charles Gates Dawes. At intervals the Tech glee club tuned up in Cambridge, the little groups all over the country joyously joining in a widely dispersed chorus on "Take Me Back...