Word: self
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Barbusse and the sentimentalism of Papini, clear of the pathos of the recent cinema version, Ludwig's is a popular, but none the less scholarly, interpretation. His indefatigable passion for historical records and documentary scraps immerses him in contemporary Latin and Greek commentaries, but chiefly in the self-contradictory New Testament records which seem to him logical enough if arranged psychologically. The avowed object of his search is Jesus the human being, and in no sense the Christ of religious and theological controversy, which somewhat scornfully "he does not pretend to understand." From the confusion of scholars' profusion...
...stopped Assassin Ratchitch as he walked from the Skupshtina. He called at the Ministry of the Interior, sent in his card. It was returned with the message that he would not be received. Hurrying on to a police station, Punica Ratchitch gave himself up. "I shot in self defense at the men I killed," he said, "I thought they were going to attack me. As for Stefan Raditch, I have always worked for the interest of the electorate and the King. I am sorry that I shall be unable to serve so well in future. I am ready...
...seemed then that the tournament had turned into a private match between Jones and Hagen. People who had hoped Farrell would do something were disappointed. They pointed out that Farrell, always sensitive, had been made self-conscious by being elected the best dressed* professional golfer for the second year in succession. They said that he had been unlucky in being paired with Jones, who was followed by such a big gallery that Farrell was forced at times to beg the marshals to clear a lane for him to swing his club in. When the third round began, Farrell was seven...
Died. Donn Byrne (Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne), 39, mystic Irish author (Messer Marco Polo, Blind Raftery, Hangman's House, etc.), self-styled "last of the traditional Irish story tellers"; in an automobile accident, at Bandon, County Cork...
...fast as the U. S. Lexington, Saratoga. The Japanese Akagi and Kaga would be outdistanced in a day. Carrying some 76 planes, the Lexington and Saratoga could steam to join the fleet in midocean, send out a battle squadron and keep a strong unit for self-defense...