Word: standing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pope is Wrong. Dr. Ley did not forget that he was addressing, among other German workers, many more or less devout Catholics, all of whom know that Pope Pius XI has taken the strongest stand against anti-Semitism and inferentially against Naziism (TIME, Aug. 14). Attacking His Holiness directly, Labor Front Ley blasphemed: "The Pope is wrong because he recognizes only one Catholic race. But Almighty God was not so papal as the Pope. He made differences among races! There are positive and negative elements in the human race and the negative can exist only as parasites?as witness...
...with his rifle shot the major dead in his sleep. Aroused, five other officers-three British and two Indian-rushed to the scene. Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang,-the sepoy killed all five. The rest of the battalion, believing the fierce Pathans were on the warpath, hastily took up "stand-to" positions around the camp's wall. Through the darkness they saw the sepoy running away, rifle in hand. A volley of shots burst out and the young soldier assassin dropped dead...
...Happen Here), Sinclair Lewis joined Actors' Equity Association to make his Broadway debut next spring (in Angela is Twenty-two). Said he: "This will create a major issue. . . . I'll have to go home and say, 'Darling, I don't know whether you can stand this or not, but I joined the A. F. of L.'* This makes me a reactionary." Then publicity-wise Author-Actor Lewis kissed his sponsor (Helen Hayes), posed for pictures, chortled: "Thank God for the photographers. I didn't know Actors' Equity was like this. Why didn...
...committee knew of only 167 U. S. profit-sharing plans, but after a summer of study, it now believes there are as many as 700. First profit-sharer to appear last week was President Richard R. Deupree of Procter & Gamble Co. (Ivory Soap). As he took the stand the survey's director set the tenor for the meeting by remarking: "This is not an inquisition, Mr. Deupree. We are glad to have you come to help...
Yesterday's paper contains a short but important criticism of the University's stand regarding the refugee problem. It represents without doubt a large and sincere body of opinion that can't be dismissed by merely calling names. There seems to me to be two fallacious sources for this attack, both a sort of refuge whereby one runs away from the problem at hand with the attitude "What do I care"? In the one case, recognition of the facts can debase the argument. As for the other, it must be verified by each individual for himself...