Word: progress
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...amid which the French Chamber opened, last week, for its last sessions prior to the general elections in April. The Government of Premier Poincaré won easily a vote of confidence of 310 to 227 on an issue of party politics which had been deemed dynamite-laden, and serene progress loomed in the Chamber while frenzied electioneering began outside...
...many, Anglicans; they were heard with sympathy but without encouragement by certain noted Catholic prelates, notably the late Cardinal Mercier. It was the latter who arranged the annual conversations at Malines, Belgium, the seat of his archbishopric, to which every June came many Anglicans to discuss and forward progress toward church unity...
...invented vacuum bulbs used in telephotography (sending still pictures by electricity or radio); three years ago he improved the bulb so that it would transmit moving pictures. His present researches seek to make lamps that will give light without heat. Towards that goal he has made some progress. On his inventions the Government has granted 100 patents. His home is at East Orange, N. J., not far from that of Mr. Edison...
...worships are foundations of his trade. No horses would be disemboweled. Instead of killing the bull he would kiss it; tease the beast a little; stroke it; finally plant a caress on its cruel horns as it came plunging by. Lesser matadors at home in Spain followed anxiously the progress of their ambassador of good will toward bull fights in the foreign, unfriendly land of their Queen. Their livelihood, traditions, national sport of Spain were perhaps dependent in some small future degrees upon it. Marquez's offer to kiss bulls was received in London calmly...
...Catholic Church. The modern world might have stood in open mouthed surprise at these condemnations had not its breath been taken away by the last sentence of the Syllabus in which all were anathematized who had the temerity to maintain that "the Roman pontiff ought to reconcile himself to progress, liberalism, and modern civilization...