Word: spiritism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is the British Hoover, introduced to the United States by Senator Jim Reed. This Hoover is supposed to be more loyal to King George than to the spirit of America. There is Hoover, the radical--the determined engineer, if you would remember, who would turn industry upside down. It has now been noted that Hoover has placed no radical plans for the reorganization of industry before Congress; that he is about as resolute and as enthusiastic a defender of the American capitalist scene; and that he aims to coax rather than to compel the business men with whom...
...Censors of which he has been chairman for 11 years (see COMMONWEALTH) he said: "First of all we tolerate no propaganda. . . . Secondly, we recently ruled against the Edith Cavell picture Dawn because it was too warlike. I am told it cost ?35,000. It's not the war spirit that we want to foster but the spirit of peace. Thirdly, there is our attitude toward religious films. I may say that we would not have passed The King of Kings. The producer, probably surmising as much, did not submit it. The chief objection would have been against the idea...
...voice in your imagination. You will note this spot where the platform stood and you will imagine me standing here. Say, Jesus, I'm through in St. Louis. Though I never walk the streets of St. Louis again in the flesh, I shall walk them in the spirit. Often in spirit I shall come to the Locust street entrance of the Coliseum, where those fine policemen have met me for seven weeks. . . ." Billy Sunday reached for his overcoat and let the converts come up to him through a trap door in the stage...
...school board are not only ridiculous but are a collection of damnable lies, except the first in which he was accused of having an educational policy. This he confessed." Typical charges against Mr. McAndrew are that he cut pictures of George Washington out of history books, that he removed "Spirit of '76" lithographs from the walls of Chicago schools...
...Durant blandly blamed his stockholders for his Durant Motors Inc. losing $3,618,649. Said he: "During the past few years, many of our stockholders have manifested a noticeable spirit of criticism because of the failure of your corporation to progress to the point of giving them a return upon their investment and for other reasons. This feeling of unfriendliness upon the part of stockholders has exerted a hampering influence in obtaining better distributors and dealers for our products. It has slowed up the sale of our cars, it has furnished the basis for the disparaging statements of outsiders...