Word: sovereign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...charge of interpreting religion in terms of an out-worn theology--the literal interpretation of the Bible. He is ready to agree that theology is essential to religion, but wants a constant religion and a progressive theology! His Religion, he describes as Faith in Life itself,' 'a sovereign insight into Life's meaning,' whatever redeems life from the power of evil, whatever gives it freedom and greatness must be true...
...midst of a storm of booings and hisses Stage Manager Big Bill Thompson has been obliged to ring the curtain down rather hurriedly on King George. Unlike his royal son the sovereign has proved unpopular, even in the comparatively fat role of arch-villain. And there was racing and chasing behind the scenes until they found the very sets to be rushed on and save the reputation of the house--the big flood scenes of the Mississippi River. Human interest, gripping incidents and, looking east'ard to the sea, timeliness...
...Drew (TIME, July 18) there have been rumblings of controversy. The other leading candidates for president were Francis Wilson, the only charter member eligible (the president must be a prominent actor), and Otis Skinner. Mr. Skinner was a leader of the Actors' Fidelity League which opposed the now sovereign Actors' Equity at the time of the actors' strike in 1919. The hard feeling between these organizations, which is only now fading, was rumored to have raised factions in The Players. Mr. Wilson has always been a most ardent Equity protagonist. Any suggestion of schism was dispelled when...
...time guns flashed in the night and the great dark sails, punched by cannon balls, slipped down from the spars and let an unshadowed silver brighten the noisy, bloodstained decks. Finally Jones took Pearson's sword and said to him, " '[You have fought] heroically. I hope your sovereign will suitably reward...
...extreme test of courage. Deciding to visit a leper colony in the midst of almost inaccessible mountains, he rode on horseback for the better part of two days to the dread hamlet. There he received a great welcome. Never, in the en tire history of the colony, had a sovereign been so bold. Advancing through the street, the King was suddenly confronted by a leper, who ran out from a nearby building. Leering, his evil, malicious-looking face contorted in an ugly menace, he held out an infected hand for the King to grasp. Alfonso, blanching, hesitated, re coiled, then...