Word: propheteering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Though he lived on a farm, his frigid mother for a long time succeeded in keeping him ignorant of the simplest biological facts. Vridar took to reading as an escape; much poring over the Bible helped convince him that he had seen a vision, that he would be a prophet...
...after Sherman burned it, he went to the University of Georgia, was admitted to the bar despite his refusal to study criminal law, took on Southern Railway as a client. In 1897 he married Gussie Grady, daughter of the late great Editor Henry Woodfin Grady of the Atlanta Constitution, prophet of the "New South," burier of the bloody shirt. One day ten years ago "Gene" Black, noticing that banks closed in midafternoon, decided banking was easier than the law. Shortly thereafter he accepted the presidency of Atlanta Trust Co., discovered his mistake. In 1928 he was chosen Governor...
Most of Mr. Bullitt's predictions about the world's "going to hell" have materialized. Today he seems a much better prophet than he did in 1919. The Versailles Treaty is in disrepute. Reparations have ceased. Germany is again a world power to be reckoned with. The Russian problem is no nearer solution than it was when he went to Moscow. But Special Assistant Bullitt is too smart to say openly, "I told...
...recently as last November, when President von Hindenburg refused to ask Adolf Hitler to form a Government, Prophet Schacht said, "There is only one man who can be Chancellor at this period and he is Adolf Hitler. If Hitler does not become Chancellor now, he will within four months" (TIME, Dec. 5). Herr Hitler became Chancellor and virtual dictator exactly 66 days later...
...residence of Prophet Schacht is now once again on the fourth floor of the red brick Reichsbank Building in Berlin's Jäger-Strasse. Dr. Schacht walks up & down the four flights between home & office...