Word: sane
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...magazine was overdue and I had to buy a copy from the newsstand, in order to maintain my Friday equilibrium. Of course I often take issue with what you print, and sometimes you make me mad. I am glad you do upset me: such agitation is necessary for a sane, decanal existence. So keep on being natural and racey-and even spicey. The country needs you, and most of all do I. I hope to read you, no matter what you print, "from now on!" HIRAM R. BENNETT DEAN...
...Richard Aldrich, Mrs. Christopher Temple Emmet; of cancer; in Charlottesville, Va. Because of business affairs and his marriage to author Amelie Rives (now Princess Troubetzkoy), Brother John quarreled with his family, three of whom got him committed to Bloomingdale Hospital in 1897. He escaped to Virginia, had himself declared sane by the courts of that state and of North Carolina. It took Chaloner (he had adopted the old form of the family name) 22 years to obtain legal sanity and control of his $1,500,000 estate in New York. When Brother Bob settled $200,000 on beauteous Soprano Lina...
...think and his remarks on the subject form an inconsequential part of his speeches. He is responsible at present for the Faculty attitude which is not conductive to his purpose. A speech on scholarship would do little to restrict the flexibility of his freedom and would aid immeasurably a sane discussion...
...wonder, as does Mr. Donham in his letter, "just what is wrong with Mr. Hearst, his news-reels, or his newspapers." In the eyes of many--all too many--the Hearst papers' greatest sin is their sensationalism. But the evil goes far deeper than mere lack of a sane perspective: and the realization that even intelligent men fail to appreciate the danger in Hearst's reporting, interpretation, and selection of news is arresting...
...become manager, vice president and director of C. D. Parker & Co. Inc., investment bankers, an officer or director in as many as 60 companies at once. He had lived a normal, hard-working life, belonged to several good clubs, painted water colors for fun. What had driven this sane, hard-headed Yankee to take his life...