Word: mrs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dream Man. In Detroit, Mrs. William Tomashek won a divorce after her husband boasted in his sleep of his extra-marital conquests...
...Laradon Hall began to win a few small victories. It cured nine-year-old Billy of pyromania by letting him burn the rubbish each day, until gradually ("Aw, I don't wanna") he lost his interest in lighting fires. Another boy had a mania for stealing keys. So Mrs. Calabrese bought a whole batch of keys for Harold and gave him one whenever he deserved a reward. Now Harold has a pile of keys and has stopped stealing them...
...Light Touch. In Denver, before he made away with his loot of $19.50, a burglar apologized to Mrs. Gayle Friedrich, asked solicitously, "Will this leave you with enough ... to get along...
...Mrs. Luce stated at the outset that the American capitalistic economy, with all its defects, is closer to the spirit of Christianity than either socialism or communism. The Rev. Dr. Niebuhr replied that a proper application of the "Love thy neighbor" ideal was the decisive element in making any governmental system truly Christian in spirit...
...Christianity is opposed to the spirit that puts gain above all other principles," Mrs. Luce said, "but socialism is even worse, because it gives the state final authority over all human rights...