Word: soul
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Chamberlain began mildly repeating his protest of last autumn that he was a "man of peace to the depth of my soul." He repeated his oft-expressed views that any attempt to dominate the world must still be resisted. Then he recalled Herr Hitler's pledge (to him and to the world) that Nazi Germany had no further territorial ambitions in Europe. Said the Prime Minister bluntly: "Those assurances have now been thrown to the winds absolutely." Said he in words that will either alter the course of European history or will for years be thrown back contemptuously into...
What manner of soul has Al Capone, only he and his Lord know. In the Terminal Island prison in San Pedro Bay, California (whither he was transferred last January), the nation's most notorious criminal attends Roman Catholic Mass, confesses his sins regularly. But, like most prisoners, who will do anything to get out of their cells, he also attends Protestant and Christian Science services. Last month a Baptist minister thought he saw a chance for Al Capone's soul, and plucked it forthrightly. The Rev. Silas A. Thweatt (rhymes with "bleat") of San Pedro, detailed...
...Bernays, Byoir et al. are at their best when given a specific assignment-like the Philco promotion or Byoir's present job of persuading the public that chain store taxes are bad. But this is really only super pressagentry, less concerned with giving clients a corporate soul than with giving them the appearance...
...After the solution of this question" he said on the Saar issue in the Reichstag on Jan. 30, 1934, "The German Government is willing and determined to accept in its innermost soul as well as external formulation the Pact of Locarno...
...Simple Soul. Late one night in 1931 a Russian tenor named Vladimir Doriani hunched his small, round bulk into a Russian train on the way from one small town to another. At about 2 a.m., dozing, he began to look at other passengers and they looked strange: like cutouts. Singer Doriani, who had always hated pictures felt overcome by a desire to draw...