Word: priding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lord; Saul invested always with the dignity of his Roman citizenship, yet humble enough to suffer fiercely, meanly, publicly for peace in his church; Saul the clever theologian and subtle Greek philosopher, never- save once in his proud youth at the feet of Gamaliel-never letting intellectual pride smother the pure flame of Christ's love; ending his days, near the time of Rome's burning, in humble age, saying: "I am only an old man, to whom one day a thing of wonder happened, and who has gone over the world seeking people to tell...
...April, 1912, nobody followed icebergs, which drifted free, unchaperoned. One drifted into the liner Titanic, then the pride of the White Star Line. The Titanic sank with 1,513 people. Now, in April, 1927, with transatlantic travel reaching its spring height, with glacier-born icebergs drifting busily south, the Tampa, the Modoc sail northward, charged with preventing a repetition of the Titanic disaster...
This result reveals a weak spot in a judicial system which as a whole is it worthy of confidence and pride. We dare not rest until this vital fault is corrected...
...Pittsburgh, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon's Mellon National Bank has more deposits ($145,414,409) than his Union Trust Co. ($128,639,172). Union Trust employes assuage their pride by realizing that their industry brings their bank vast profits. Out of these, their directors last week declared a quarterly dividend of 50%, which is of course the equivalent of 200% a year. George Fisher Baker's First National Bank in Manhattan yields but 100% dividends yearly...
...Ford Co. makes nearly as many. Last year, Ford made most, may make most again. But who knows what car company ranks third in production? Chrysler.* (Walter P., first, last and always mechanic, now collects oriental rugs and finances scientific expeditions). So proudly announced the Chrysler Co. last week, pride swelling with the thought the General Motors includes many a different car, includes also Chevrolet, which like the Ford is cheaper than the Chrysler. Of course Chrysler with its "50" selling for $750?$885 comes close to the lowest auto-price level, but people associate the name chiefly with...