Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strategic seat in the theological van. To Princeton as guest professor (one year) of Systematic Theology -and possibly to fill permanently its Hodge professorship in that subject- came one of the ablest of European theologians, Dr. Emil Brunner, late of the University of Zurich. Princeton thus reinforced its support of the "New Orthodoxy," the new theology based on old revealed truths and largely associated with the name of Switzerland's Karl Earth (TIME, April 25). Often bracketed with Earth, but not his follower, Dr. Brunner is a Bible theologian, orthodox enough in the Reformed faith to suit watchful Princeton...
Missouri Legend (by Elizabeth B. Ginty; produced by Guthrie McClintic in association with Max Gordon), half a clowning comic strip, half a romantic daguerreotype, is based on the life of Jesse James. Playwright Ginty, with some support from history, has made James (Dean Jagger) into a droll sort of Jekyll & Hyde who, when not "riding out," is Thomas Howard of St. Joe, Mo., a sober family man with a mousy wife (Dorothy Gish), and a pillar of the local Baptist church...
...group had no illusions about Curley's past record, but felt that it was politically expedient to support him in order to assure Massachusetts of a thoroughly New Deal form of government...
...know that the college does not care to keep up the game, and Harvard's entire resignation will be sent into the Intercollegiate Convention and no further steps will be taken to revive the game. So all who care for the continuance of the game must give it the support of their presence at the meeting. M. M. Kimball...
...issue is quite clear", said Mather. "Saltonstall has pledged himself to work for its repeal, while Curley, of course is thoroughly in favor of the measure". Committing himself to personal support of the Republican candidate, the Geology I lecturer admitted that only lack of time had prevented that only lack of time had prevented organization of a Faculty committee to oppose the former Governor...