Word: sane
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Such would, be the doctor's report on Mexico after the two years of the Obreton treatment. Internal disorders have been checked, leaving the patient sane, if weak. The economic condition is stagnant, but there are distinct signs of improvement, given proper nourishment. Outside complications of an international nature have remained in statu quo. Indications, on the whole, point to a gradual but complete recovery...
...character. Professor Kittredge stated that the madness of the king was the author's chief contribution to the plot. He disproved the theory, however, that King Lear was made from the beginning of the play to the end, pointing out several instances where the old man was quite clearly sane, especially in the catastrophe where it was dramatically necessary that he regain his reason in order to effect a complete reconciliation with Cordelia...
There are many "ifs"; if the British can keep the two little kingdoms from wiping each other off the map, they may merge eventually into one strong state. If Irak remains in sane hands. Bagdad may again become the centre of a culture that rivalled Alexandria in the height of its glory. If the Bedjas maintains an enlightened policy towards the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina, the door is left open for the expansion of Mohammedanism. At any rate the chance is here for an Arabian Renaissance, and the Arabs are being given a free hand to make...
...amicable settlement between capital and labor. There must be more of a spirit of tolerance to guide us through the period of transition that we are now facing, with its inevitable industrial upheaval. The old order is being questioned as never before, and the alternative to a sane reorganization is chaos...
...attorney and the Republican candidate for election stands for the highest ideals of the office. In his three months of service since his appointment by Governor Cox, he has shown scrupulous honesty of purpose, legal ability above the average, and fearlessness in the execution of his duty. From any sane, intelligent standpoint it is obvious that his election is of the utmost importance. More than the returning of a good man to office, more than the repudiation of an administration which can be termed a criminal distortion of duty, the whole principle of the worth of popular government is being...