Word: obstructionism
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In a little church in Cincinnati one night last week sat 80 pious Negroes and whites. On the platform stood a man singing in a slow, quavering tenor: "Wha-at a friend we ha-ave in Jesus. ..." Near him were half a dozen men and women whose features rhythmically moved...
One afternoon last week Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, perusing the Evening Star, saw another press notice about Steve. It reported that the local Chamber of Commerce's transportation committee had recommended to the District Commissioners that Steve's stand be removed as an obstruction to traffic, that Steve...
Next day the pressure of the Press drew a statement from Dr. Dandy, who, like every reputable physician, hates to have his private practice dragged out into the limelight. Said Dr. Dandy: "The condition is dangerous and not uncommon, but is not necessarily immediately fatal. There is a continual flow...
Although Mrs. Dandy at the time was in Johns Hopkins Hospital seriously ill with scarlet fever, her husband was ready to go ahead with an operation on the Trammell infant. After a 54-hr. study of the case Dr. Dandy began the operation, which lasted two hours, through the side...
PRESENTING LILY MARS-Booth Tarkington-Doubleday, Doran ($2.50). Author Tarkington's memory, straying fondly over his own early love for the stage, has lingered long enough to inspire a sentimental romance about the U. S. theatre some 20 years ago. Presenting Lily Mars concerns a Southern smalltown girl whose...