Word: pleasingness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Zealous and sturdy, the oldtime missionary stepped confidently into a hero's role. He had no backing of wealth, no organization of boards and committees. But behind him was a fresh, vigorous British and U. S. religious awakening; before him the duty, as held by nearly every Protestant church...
"READING, Writing and Remembering" is a charming reflection of the literary London, of two generations by one who has been very much a member of it. Autobiographical in form, it deals more with other people than the author's own life. And it is genial and pleasing and filled with...
Although "Reading, Writing and Remembering" may not have the brilliance and sparkle of Rothenstein's, "Men and Memories," it is gossipy and amusing, and from the beginning to the end entirely pleasing.
It is unlikely that a Negro will be elected to the U. S. Presidency for many a generation to come. But even in the South a Negro may take an academic interest in politics. Hampton Institute (Virginia) did not, like certain other institutions, hold mock conventions last spring to nominate...
John McGinnis remained unaccounted for. Secretary Hurley's lifelong acquaintances in Oklahoma scratched their heads. McGinnis? . . . Shooting? . . , They re membered that one of the Hurley brothers was killed in a Mexican revolution. Another was killed by a train. A Hurley sister was accidentally shot. And when Pat was a boy...