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Word: personally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there is power in the statement: "Go and sin no more." Yet I defy anyone to prove that one is any "simpler" or more "sincere" than the other. My meaning, as you may gather, is that statements of the kind praised by you derive power only from the person by whom or the circumstance in which they are uttered. Example-"Too proud to fight." Had that not been attributed to Wilson at just one critical moment in our history it would have had no more power than any other group of four words. I admire Prime Minister Baldwin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Salute | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

...Neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have . . . been fourteen years a resident within the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Eligible | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

Later in the week took place the public consistory at which Cardinals Rouleau, Binet, Lepicier and Szeredy received the great rolled-brim hats of their princely ranks. (Cardinal Segura y Saenz could not attend in person; will receive his hat at a later date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Red Hats | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

That human divergence causes no inconvenience when a person looks at distant objects. When he looks at close objects for long periods he forces his eyes to twist towards each other and so strains their muscles. Then he has myopia; then he is nearsighted. To prevent the affliction, Dr. Wiseman recommended the use of prism glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fish-Eyed | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

...some of the great Canadian Pacific traffic of immigrants from England to Canada. The situation a few years ago would have induced a rate war between transportation companies. Twenty years ago such a general war took place. First class fares between New York and Liverpool fell to $22.00 a person-but for a very short time. With trans-Atlantic travel as vast as it is now the companies are too discreet to initiate such a contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Protest | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

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