Word: overshadowing
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...believe a military alliance is go ing to bring security. We believe a military alliance in an agreement for security, like the mustard seed, is small to begin with; and that this seed with the years will grow and grow, until at last the tree produced from it will overshadow the whole heavens; and we shall be back exactly at the military position at which we found ourselves...
...large number of Italians; but that the results obtained by them, from almost" every point of view, have been deserving of unstinted praise from the nation. By virtually discarding the outward accoutrements of his dictatorial power, Mussolini can disarm his opponents while holding their favor, and so overshadow the Giolittists and the Radicals. As for the Catholic Party, it was thought likely that they will support the Fascisti, the resignation of Don Sturzo (TIME, July 23) pointing to the contrary...
...times the Student Council has seemed unrelated to its Committees on Scholarship and on Student Advisors or even its Executive Committee; if the Athletic Committee has seemed a thing apart from the great Graduate. Advisory Committees; many a sub-committee of Congress, similarly, has seemed at times to overshadow its parent body. When such a condition is carried too far it becomes dangerous; power and responsibility are no longer in the same hands. But there have been signs recently that the Athletic Committee for one is determined not to allow such a condition to develop, that it realizes that ultimately...
...Eagels. CHILDREN OF THE MOON-An eerie drama of the singular type ot insanity, moon madness. Also a philippic against the over-possessive mother. Brilliant performances by Henrietta Crosman, Beatrice Terry, Florence Johns. SUN UP-Wherein a pipe-smoking virago of the Carolina mountains perceives that patriotism and motherhood overshadow feud hatred. SEVENTH HEAVEN - From the sewer life of Paris to a garret honeymoon. Helen Menken, the War, and a long black whip provide most of the agitation...
...Tigert, United States Commissioner of Education, is more cautious. He simply states that the educational use of motion pictures will gradually overshadow the commercial...