Word: sufferer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...system as "that process by which the contents of the professor's notebook are transferred by means of the fountain pen to the student's notebook without passing through the mind of either," and recently Mr. H.G. Wells declared. "There is no need whatever for any one ever to suffer or inflict an ordinary course of lectures again...
...loose a new war while the world is still feeling the consequences of the World War." ("Should we unfortunately become certain that such a state exists," the Pope added, "we should repeat the prayer of the Scriptures, Dissipa gentes quae bella volunt."*) Regenerators. "[Pray] for all who suffer for the profession and defense of the faith as in Mexico, Russia and Siberia, preparing by their sufferings the regeneration of those countries." He wished prayers for Roman Catholic missionaries and special prayers for those missionaries in China, where some have been martyred. Depression. The world-wide economic Depression and Unemployment "make...
Such was the Lewis keynote: that men like himself suffer burning soul-frustration in the U. S., where "criticism ... is a chill activity pursued by jealous spinsters, former baseball reporters [i. e. Heywood Broun], and acid professors. . . . Our American professors like their literature clear, cold, pure and very dead...
...Einstein especially dreaded his reception in New York. He remembered his visit nine years ago when, to find peace from questioning, he fled to the roof of Manhattan's Commodore Hotel, played his violin alone among the chimneys. "I suffer more than anybody can imagine," he said then...
While asserting that training was an important item in preparing for a fight, the ex-sailor said he knew many fighters who would smoke two packages of cigarettes in the dressing-room before a match and not suffer from short-winded-ness. Sharkey's idea of having a good time after a fight is just relaxing and eating a lot of pie, cake, and ice-cream. When he is training, if he feels a craving for non-training table food, Sharkey will take a bit of pie, or a drink of milk rather than let himself worry. Hunting...