Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...great importance, in view of the provisions of the [Kellogg] Pact of Paris, to which both Italy and Abyssinia are parties, in common with sixty-one other countries, my Government would be loathe to believe that either of them would resort to other than pacific means as a method of dealing with this controversy or would permit any situation to arise which would be inconsistent with the commitments of the Pact...
Judicial Jules Sauerwein of Paris-Soir, dean of French foreign affairs editors, observed: "There is only one way to avoid war and that is for the Ethiopian Emperor to give Italy adequate satisfaction. Any other method will end in a breach between Italy and the League and in profound disturbance of France's entire policy in Central Europe. If Britain should invoke international principles, we shall be able to reply that she herself sells them cheaply when it is a question of modifying, by her sole decision, the entire naval status of the Reich...
...education in Oregon has resembled a dogfight. In 1929 Oregon statesmen decided to end the long, bitter rivalry between University of Oregon at Eugene and Oregon State Agricultural College at Corvallis by lumping them with the State's three normal schools in one big happy family. Their curious method of furthering this pacification was to appoint William Jasper Kerr, longtime President of Oregon State, to be Chancellor of the new setup...
...course of his researches, Dr. Carrel developed a method of transplanting an organ from one body to another. As a result of his work a man with a damaged kidney can in some cases today get it replaced with a healthy kidney from another man willing to spare the organ. But Dr. Carrel's plans of keeping whole hearts, kidneys, ovaries and other organs alive artificially were at a standstill in 1928 when Mechanic Lindbergh became his assistant. The technique was known and the nutrient fluids were at hand. But still lacking was a germ-proof device to pump...
Because few spectators at a crew race are in a position to judge the finish, Poughkeepsie race officials long ago devised a method to let the crowd know who has won. The lane in which each crew rows is numbered. When the race is over a man on the vehicular bridge, just above the finish, sets off bombs to indicate the number of the winner's lane. The name of the man is Mike Bogo. A 300-lb. Poughkeepsie barkeeper, he applied for and was long ago awarded the job because he had contracted a passion for playing with...