Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lowly, cross-eyed little flatworms called planarias are highly regarded by zoologists, for they are the "lowest" animals in evolutionary rank which possess a definite head, right and left side, top and bottom, front and rear. Though it has no backbone, the flatworm is tenacious of life. If it is decapitated, the head will grow a new body, the body a new head. If the head is divided by a longitudinal cut toward the tail, each part will become a complete new head, making a two-headed monster. If part of a flatworm's head is removed and grafted...
...French politics, a kind of national sport distinguished for its rabidity and subtlety, newspaper cartoonists carry weight. Two, at least, possess gifts equal to their importance: H. P. Gassier, contributor to the brilliant Leftist weekly Le Canard Enchaine, and J. Sennep, of such sheets as Paris-Soir (nicknamed, as the organ of the French sugar trust, Paris-Sucre...
...deserted by Republicans who are trying to liberalize the G.O.P., Luce tried to seduce them back into the fold by raising the cry of "rubber stamp" against Eliot. But the Democrats who turn out to be rubber stamps are unknowns swept into office on a landslide, tyros who possess no knowledge about government, and who naturally therefore think that the best way to stay in office is to cling fast to the President's coat tails, Eliot, however, is widely known for his work in drafting and defending the Social Security Act. If he is elected, it will...
...unfortunate for John Lord O'Brian that the Wagner Act and not the T.V.A. is an issue in the New York State campaign. For if he were discussing rural electrification, the Republican Senatorial nominee and prominent T.V.A. attorney would possess complete information and a certain amount of insight; while in meeting the labor issue, Mr. O'Brian is limited to a certain amount of information...
...staff of Government 1 for bringing new life to a tottering and untidy giant. Because it enrolls half of Harvard's undergraduates, because it affords many of them their only glimpse into the mysteries of the realm politic, since it deals with vital subject matter, Government 1 must possess exemplary efficiency and value. It is only to be hoped that realization fulfills anticipation...