Word: minded
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Mormonism sprang from the mind of Joseph Smith, who was born in Vermont in 1805, grew up on a Manchester, N.Y. farm, and hated to plow. He was handsome, tall, wavy-haired, had long eyelashes and a faint but unmistakable resemblance to Comic Danny Kaye. He had a fecund imagination and an instinctive sense of drama and command. At 18 he professed to be able to look into a "peep stone" and find hidden gold. He found none...
...Governor Herbert B. Maw. Mormon politicians do not invariably follow the hierarchy. Neither the Governor nor Democratic Senator Elbert Thomas are "church candidates" in the sense that they represent the church's ultra-conservative policies on such matters as labor and foreign policy. Mormon voters have a mind of their own, too. Despite the church's opposition they gave Roosevelt a majority four times...
...Princess Margaret would infuriate her sister by wondering out loud if Elizabeth's heart was jumping when Philip was due for a visit. Then, last fall, Philip spent several weeks with the Royal Family at Balmoral. By the time Philip's visit was over, Elizabeth's mind was made up, and she told her father all about it. As fathers the world over are prone to do, George suggested that she wait a while. The London papers, meanwhile, had started a flurry of speculation. The Palace promptly issued a denial of any engagement, but in essence...
...Mind over Matter
...British public, traditionally slow to Snake up its mind, was coming to a reluctant conclusion: that even homegrown Communists are Communists first, Britons second. An incident in Yorkshire last week illuminated the change in sentiment...