Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Among other things it must be remembered that Chinese culture has its roots in ancient times," Dr. Hornbeck said, "and government in China has always been a matter of persons. Confucius laid down the fundamentals of human conduct in precepts for the relation between ruler and the subject, husband and wife, parent and child, senior and junior, friend and friend...
...classed in the same boat with the "White Death", especially out of the Christmas season. He has forbidden the stamps passage in the mall under the section of the U. S. Penal Code relating to the sending through the mails of libelous, scurrilous, defamatory and threatening matter...
...Embassy, where he was welcomed in behalf of the American Club of Paris by its President, smart expatriate Percy Piexotto. Followed a two-minute reply by Mr. Herrick, who seemed not fully convalescent and leaned heavily on his cane. Said he ". . . One thing is certain! No matter what are the prevailing differences between France and the United States, ... a way to satisfy both countries will inevitably be found. . . ." Unable to attend the official luncheon of welcome, former Ambassador to the U. S. Jules Jusserand sent a message: "Should the President attempt to remove Mr. Herrick from the Paris post, treaties...
...bathtubs, pears, eggs. But, said he: "It is the contents and not the symmetry of a skull which counts in the long run." Perhaps that is why numerologists, crystal-gazers, table-tippers, ouija-board-pushers, rhythmical dancers and all-round yogis stop at nothing in time, space, mind or matter. Then there is the New World Water Cult, with rooms in New York, Philadelphia and Cleveland, whose members sit with their bare feet in hot water and with cold wet towels around their heads, concentrating on questions for the Water Master to answer...
...Story, even before it became gospel truth, had been told many times and in many ways. Its outlines, the framework that is a matter of fact, not opinion, belief or hypothesis, remains comparatively fixed. It begins on a morning in Bethlehem, Palestine, when a woman called Mary gave birth to a small child whose father was either, according to the faith or cynicism of the reader, her husband or the Almighty...