Word: mild
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same time expect them to find their way in the world when they leave the protection of the home? My six-year-old son looks at TIME pictures (news and advertising) regularly and of course sees the nude pictures along with the others. Sunday Morning (TIME, May 11) aroused mild curiosity on his part which gave me the opportunity to answer some very pertinent questions. I welcome this opportunity and sincerely hope that TIME, the all-family magazine, will continue to print newsworthy pictures. MRS. WILLIAM E. KNUTH San Francisco State Teachers College San Francisco, Calif...
...horseback to get to the mountain sheep-ranch they were heading for, almost on the border between Argentina and Chile. The man they sought was known variously as "El Jimmy," "El Gringo Malo" or "El Ingles." Native of a Berkshire village who had come to Patagonia after some mild poaching affairs and more serious trouble with a girl, his real name was James Radburne. He characterized himself, with modest firmness, as "a hard case...
...Earl, if we work it right . . ." wrote he from Washington. "You should be here to see the jitters that some of the Congressmen are in as a result of the mandates they are receiving from their constituents. It is fun. I am always spoken of as a soft-voiced, mild-mannered old chap. I have not received an unfriendly word from a single man at the Capitol building...
...George W. Truett of Dallas, president of the World Baptist Alliance, countered with a thundering speech on missions : "If we Baptists sit smugly aside and prate about our orthodoxy while this mission work goes unheeded, then I say orthodoxy is a grinning, chattering skeleton!" Of Dr. Kagawa, after that mild little man had shouted one of his high-pitched, unintelligible addresses into a microphone, onetime President Monroe Elmon Dodd of the Southern Baptist Convention exclaimed: "I can only say I wish we were as good Christians as this man." Finally Northern President Franklin's voice broke with emotion when...
...Camels, you find tobacco at once rich, mild, and perfect in taste. Camels set you right! They give you a cheery "lift." And never jangle your nerves or tire your taste...