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Word: stilles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President next year, the inevitable whispering about the Pope-in-the-White-House would more likely help than hurt him. This is the outward, political aspect of an inner, social change which Catholicism underwent in the U. S. during the reign of Achille Ratti. The country is still Protestant, but amid the deepening class cleavages of today, the Roman Catholic Church is recognized as a Gibraltar of conservatism, and respect for the constancy of its moral values has revived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Consistent Influence | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

Having spent a night and a day unable to escape, since Bucklin had "fixed" all the local locksmiths, Worthen was still smiling as he recounted the trials of a life in handcuffs. Eating was his major concern since Mrs. Murry at the Union refused to serve him and restaurants merely called for the paddy wagon when he approached them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Wins Girl by Handcuffing Rival and Throwing Key in Subway | 2/18/1939 | See Source »

Bucklin, the successful suitor, last night attended the Freshman dance with the girl in question. Still handcuffed, Worthen spent the evening laying plans for a prolonged feud. "I'll get him," he muttered, "If I over get these damn things...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Wins Girl by Handcuffing Rival and Throwing Key in Subway | 2/18/1939 | See Source »

...implication that the Fine Arts department is concerned only with the past period of history is hardly more valid than a condemnation of the history department on the score that it still gives a course on the Renaissance. "Living significance," as the Crimson calls it, is something which cannot be taught; which it is incumbent upon the individual to develop within himself; and which may vary with the individual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 2/18/1939 | See Source »

...heard that the Music 1 devotees have arrived at that point; he knows (off the record) that, among other things, the last movement of the Second Symphony will be played before the hour is over; and he wants to see if that certain student with the incredible laugh is still spicing the proceedings with his outbursts of merriment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/16/1939 | See Source »

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