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Word: means (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...resort town and fishing port between Atlantic City and Cape May," in your article of May 17 on our "Extraordinary Mayor." Just what constitutes "a hardened town?" 1 will gladly admit there is nothing Puritanical about Wildwood, and it is quite frankly a resort city. But that does not mean we are hardened. The resort attracts a very good class of people from all sections of the country. All of our many churches are crowded throughout . the summer and none is vacant in winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 7, 1937 | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

...funeral parlors, which he called "a step backward from the Christian standpoint." President Pfatteicher also observed: "The Church has undoubtedly lost much of its onetime prestige in metropolitan centres in which discouraged churchmen have chosen to 'let George do it,' and by 'George' we mean snapshot Federations, semi-scientific social welfare groups and politicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Gatherings for God | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

Both Aristotle and Confucius taught the doctrine of the "Golden Mean", and this age-old truth may very well be applied to the problem of teaching and research. These two functions must be blended into a harmonious whole, if undergraduate instruction and the pursuit of knowledge are to benefit equally. At Harvard the balance is all askew; the pressure on young men to publish, or "perish", is so great that their teaching and tutorial sessions suffer. A man may be taught to lecture in a comparatively short time, but the gift of inspiration and ability to stimulate youth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDUCATION AT HARVARD | 5/28/1937 | See Source »

...C.I.O. is not trying to organize the Ford Company from any motives of bettering conditions:--conditions cannot be bettered beyond the Ford standard for some time to come. The important fact is that organization of the Ford employees will mean approximately $6,000,000 additional dues for the C.I.O. and the complete control of the automotive industries of America--an immense and dangerous amount of power for any man or small group. That John Lewis is looking ahead to 1940 is a far more disquieting thought than that he is promising the contented Ford employees even better conditions under...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOHN LEWIS LOOKS AHEAD | 5/27/1937 | See Source »

...other courts construe the old Indiana law as Judge Daily did it would mean that any couple applying for a marriage license in Indiana might consider themselves married without paying a Crown Point Justice of the Peace or anyone else $5 for performing a ceremony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: License = Marriage | 5/24/1937 | See Source »

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