Word: potently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German raider Berlin-exploits which correspondents often described, during the War, only to have their despatches "killed" by Allied censors. Lord Jellicoe admitted, last week, that the Berlin once ducked unperceived through eight battle squadrons of the British Grand fleet and proceeded to lay mines which later sank the potent British battle cruiser Audacious...
...strength of youth. Last week, in his secondary role of Finance Minister, M. Poincaré was defending his latest budget against the tacking on of a ruinously costly amendment to increase the salaries of all civil servants retroactively from August, 1926. Because civil employes are excessively numerous and vote-potent in France, many of the Deputies (reputedly a majority) felt that they dared not vote against the measure last week, fearing to displease their constituents. As they listened to M. Poincare, he wooed and persuaded them against their wills, thus: ". . . That civil servants are underpaid compared...
...London last week were two potent U. S. preachers-Bishop William Thomas Manning of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York, and Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman, President of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Each was stopping over in London on his way to Lausanne, Switzerland, where during August they will attend the World Conference on Faith & Order. This conference, which will meet under the presidency of Bishop Charles H. Brent of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Western New York, will try to improve sodality between Christian sects. *Bishop Manning who has come to seem dour...
...works on history and jurisprudence, American and foreign. The Beards live at New Milford, Conn., whither they retired after Dr. Beard had professed politics with distinction at Columbia University, after Mrs. Beard had made a name as suffrage and labor student. Students now of civilization, their work is a potent civilizer...
...Atlanta Constitution, premier of Southern dailies. The ownership was announced as having passed from the Clark Howells, father & son, of Atlanta, to Colonel Luke Lea* and Rogers Caldwell, two Nashville, Tenn., gentlemen who published there the Tennesseean and who lately reached out to Memphis, to acquire the potent Commercial Appeal and Evening Journal. Having the Constitution owned by outsiders did not appeal strongly to Atlantans, than whom no people of the South are more filled with "booster spirit" (civic pride). But the news was mitigated by a notice that the Clark Howells, Sr. & Jr., would continue as publisher-editor...