Word: partiality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ladislas St. Reymont (TIME, Nov. 24) was awarded the 1924 Nobel prize for literature. Publisher Alfred Knopf sighed contentedly, poured forth a generous libation to the partial goddess of chance, bestirred himself to call the attention of the curious public to the fact that he had just, with commendable prevision, published the first of four parts of Ladislas St. Reymont's chief work. "Autumn, volume one of The Peasants," said Publisher Knopf some weeks ago, "would appear to be undoubtedly the greatest Polish novel of the Century." The award of the Nobel Prize goes far to support its publisher...
According to Webster's New International Dictionary, the terms "sect" and "denomination" are synonymous. TIME is partial to "sect" because it contains only four letters.-ED. Wilbur Wright's Death...
...enthusiastic recognition of his services by the college s a whole can be only partial. It is left for his intimate associates fully to realize the true value of his work...
...normal in size; the cloudiness clears up; and, so far as the scientists have been able to determine, there may be some return of vision. Prof. Carlson has controlled Dr. Koppanyi's work and believes that it demonstrates definitely that transplantation can be carried out with at least partial success on the spotted rat. He pointed out that it remains to be seen whether such results can be duplicated in the dog and the monkey; and, if this is achieved, there still remains a very high percentage of complete or partial failure which must be converted into success before...
...cruisers owned by Great Britain and 25 by Japan, the United States has but 10; and that in ocean-going submarines and airplane-carriers, our position is still more disadvantageous. We must not let praise for the good intent that lay behind the Washington Conference blind us to the partial and in- adequate character of its scope and results." At Topeka, Mr. Davis, in a number of rear-platform speeches, turned his attention for the first time to Mr. LaFollette: "It is conceivable-I do not believe it probable-that the Republican Party may win . . . It is conceivable...