Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There may be no theater in this country in another ten years. At present it is a very risky business gamble to produce any show, the cost of production demanding that successful plays possess either a well-known star or a script that doesn't deviate from one of the recognized "sure-fire" formulas. Theater art rarely can figure in the Broadway scheme. If production costs continue to mount, so will ticket prices, and there's no surer way to shut off the theater from the masses than through their pocketbooks...
...fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess...
Comparison with health departments in other universities, such as Chicago and Pennsylvania "is not reasonable, because Harvard does not possess a University hospital," the reply states. The student committee had mentioned these universities where, they said, "the charge per year . . . is substantially less than it is at Harvard...
...something more than a figurehead." Weizmann proclaimed a conception of Zion far above the costive strivings of Israeli nationalism. Said he: "We are a small country, but a big people. We must not be satisfied with just having a country of our own. We must prove that we still possess the force that once gave the world moral law and social laws. Our relations with other peoples must be pervaded by the spirit of peace and by the spirit of the Jewish nation which, after a small pause of 2,000 years, has come home...
...Hail V.V.S.L!" Almost since anyone can remember, Juliana's sturdy hands have been encased in spotless white gloves; yet they have never lost what only few royal hands dare possess-the common touch. Wilhelmina grew up in solitude, and did her best to spare her daughter that chilling ordeal. Instead of skating by herself on a guarded rink, Juliana did her skating with other kids. At 18, she entered Leiden University. She was a popular and adequate student, if not brilliant. Her judgment showed a Dutch caution that sometimes bordered on ludicrous understatement. Once she read a book...