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Word: spiritism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Radio, Thesis: "Those invisible millions have already heard from Kansas City the reading of our party principles. They would wish to hear from me not a discourse upon the platform-in which I fully concur-but something of the spirit and ideals with which it is proposed to carry it into administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hoover's Speech | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...Presidency: (this was the conclusion) "is more than an administrative office. It must be the symbol of American ideals. The high and the lowly must be seen with the same eyes, met in the same spirit. It must be the instrument by which national conscience is livened and it must under the guidance of the Almighty interpret and follow that conscience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hoover's Speech | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...therefore ask you, in a spirit of American fair play, to invite me to your church at any time that suits your convenience during the week inclusive of and beginning Sept. 2 and I ask you to make the same statement in my presence with such proof of its truth as you may be able to advance. I further ask that you permit me to make full reply. In order that you may not be embarrassed, I will permit you, if you choose, to conduct the meeting by question and answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Deadliest Foe | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...Since you have lectured me and quoted Holy Writ for the good of my soul, I reciprocate in the spirit of a sincere desire to help you by suggesting that you restudy the entire Ten Commandments, as those Heaven-given precepts have been vastly useful in the past in creating and preserving good order in civil society. I have seen with a considerable degree of satisfaction your vigorous action against the gamblers and their camp followers, the prostitutes and bootleggers, up Saratoga way since some of us began prodding into your 'record'; though I regret that some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Deadliest Foe | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, that his collegiate witticism undeniably sets the tone for his publishing venture, The Boulevardier. This magazine appears monthly, is written in English and provides the Parisian public with reading matter substantially equivalent to an informal combination of Town Topics and The New Yorker. Aping particularly the spirit of the last-named, it is not written for the old lady in Choisy-le-Bec. In addition to a wealth of personal comment the August issue contains such artificial features as a travel directory entitled "How To Get Out of Here" and a blithe, suggestive account of a bogus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Boulevardier | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

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