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Word: objects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...millions of facets of a perfect, diamond-like gem. And so all the obstacles and terrors of the world are nothing more than a game, played by the Over-Soul with itself. But it is not a futile, or an un-moral game; its object is to improve and refine mankind in the the heat of the struggle. It's hard, of course, but so is a good boxing match--no fighter likes an opponent that won't stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/14/1940 | See Source »

Scenes. North through this half-frozen Europe moved Sumner Welles and his staff of assistants. To U. S. watchers from afar, uncertain as to the object of his mission (although President Roosevelt had said that it was only to gather information), in doubt as to whom he could see, what he would hear, skeptical of what he could accomplish, the journey of Sumner Welles was less a continued story of diplomatic progress than a series of vivid scenes, puzzling as stills from a movie whose story is not known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The World Over | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

...chest: "The Lion Has Wings" is British propaganda, and does not make the slightest pretensions of being anything else. At the very outset the narrator tells us in a formal prologue that we are to be shown "what the British are thinking and how they feel." Thus, unless you object on principle to other people's feelings, you should not object at all to the Lion making his point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/7/1940 | See Source »

...Object together to such "violations of international law" as the Altmark affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDINAVIA: Darkening Up Here' | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

After the painful symptoms of the backache have disappeared, the patient should take exercises to restore the power of the back muscles. The object of these exercises is to restore the natural function of the back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSOR DISCUSSES BACKACHE TREATMENT | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

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