Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opposed to National Prohibition. ... I think it is a mixing of the National Government in a matter that should be one of local settlement. I think sumptuary laws are matters for parochial adjustment. I think it will vest in the National Government, and those who administer it, so great a power as to be dangerous in political matters...
...said the protestants, give to the Church an identity apart from the Roman Catholic Church. Should the articles be excluded, they argue, a not-to-be-desired tendency toward Romanism will be followed. Neither the "high" nor the "low" churchmen have taken either side. It was probable that the matter might be referred to a joint commission of bishops & deputies, which would report in 1931, lest an embarrassing controversy arise at the convention. Against the inclusion of the articles is Manhattan Bishop William Thomas Manning; a leading signer of the memorial is Dr. Alexander Griswold Cummins, secretary-treasurer...
...name has frequently been mentioned as being prominently identified with Chrysler Corp. and Radio. As a matter of fact I have never owned and do not own a single share of Chrysler Corporation stock, and the stock in the Radio Corp. which I hold was purchased outright by me a long while ago and held as an investment...
...process might be found to be merely borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, overworking the junior for the sake of saving the senior. There is left, then the obvious question as to whether such a policy could be effective on a wide enough basis to benefit many. The matter should be worth serious consideration, however, for in theory it has much to commend it. The practical application of the plan on a small scale, in the managership of the polo team, should, at any rate, prove extremely interesting, and the idea may prove to be worth carrying further
...Short wireless waves, pulsating about 900,000 times a second, are practically as efficient as land telegraph wires in transmitting messages, photographs, facsimiles, written matter (checks, messages...