Word: matters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...matter of fact, the Bishops' Program on Social Reconstruction issued some 20 years ago entitled the Church in this country to a position of advanced leadership in the field of sane social legislation...
...matter of fact, there is a colored theatre, the Howard, which could have been used without arousing any protest as it is a fit place for a Negress to sing...
...nice of you to give all that publicity to our Exposition, but we who happen to live in downtown hotels will certainly have reason to bless you when tourists roam our neighborhood all night looking for trouble ! As a matter of fact, the neighborhood you have libeled is like any other downtown dis trict in a large city- it has plenty of bar rooms, gambling houses and houses of assigna tion. But it also includes a dozen quite respectable hotels, the Glide Memorial Church (Southern Methodist), the B'nai Brith Hall, the very newest and swankiest dance-spot...
...certain kinds of irrational and imaginary numbers were not "respectable." The ancient Greeks were shocked and embarrassed by such a number as the square root of two. Now these numbers are indispensable tools of science - just as political tenets which are not "respectable" today may be accepted as a matter of course tomorrow...
...whole matter of waiting on table outside rests on personal appeal. One proprietor told the CRIMSON recently, "Few House waitresses could make a living in the Square...