Word: momently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Forty million dollars is a goodly sum of money even in these days when the memory of war-time finance still lingers as an arithmetic nightmare. A man who can afford to give such an amount to education naturally attracts the fickle public eye, and for a moment his every opinion commands a wide attention. So with Mr. James Duke. For the student of American life and thought this event is most fortunate...
...With his head thrown back defiantly, his white face in startling contrast to his flashing eyes, he declared: "Don't be led astray by the idea that Fascismo is approaching its end. We may pass through a crisis, we may have some dark moments, but a party like the Fascist Party, which has such a wonderful history of vitality and pugnaciousness, cannot die. If you think it can, you are wrong, and history will prove it to you." Then, with a change of tone - a tone of kindly exhortation instead of domineering challenge - the Premier enunciated his peroration...
Ecclesiastically free, situated in one of the world's most densely populated centres of study (Upper Manhattan), sworn to a liberal policy and proud of a liberal tradition, Union has directed its appeal to "thoughtful and liberal-minded people ... at the moment when theological education is receiving the most severe criticism within our memory...
...length, and five more are graced with brief notes, always capable and frequently keen. The captions, however, betray a slightly ruddy tint: "Barrett Wendell and His Letters" is headed "Pink Spats and Humanism"; "Sard Harker, Nautical Soul-Mates"; and Cabell's new book, for some reason that for the moment escapes the writer's mind. "Beyond Garters...
...stage, for thereby much smoothness is obtained which cannot be secured except in actual performance. Moreover few persons probably realize the difficulties which have to be overcome by the producers of the Dramatic Club in using a stage on which scenery and lighting cannot be tried until the last moment and then at the expense of several nights sleep. But much incidental roughness of presentation will be forgiven where so much of real distinction is achieved. The whole play is put on with great spirit