Word: tasks
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Certainly Andrew Mellon aspired to be. Multimillionaire although he was, he gave his years from 66 to 77 to a task in which there was no other glory for a man who had as small ability as he for arousing public adulation. He handled the financial affairs of the U. S. as he handled his own, reduced the national debt from $24,000,000,000 to $16,000,000,000. This great achievement remains untarnished. Not so his other major work: the reduction of income taxes...
...distinct asset for any chaplain to be of such athletic build and temperament that he can execute any task assigned to him in the briefest time possible. . . . Military bearing and neatness are extremely significant. Nothing can more quickly destroy an officer's influence and efficiency than untidy habits of dress or deportment. The chaplain's bearing should be smart and alert, his address prompt and to the point... .Some officers, and unfortunately some of them were chaplains, have spoiled otherwise spotless records by saying or doing tactless things. ... It goes without saying that a chaplain should be possessed...
...also sandy-haired, looks like a Texas ranger. He was born in Wooster, Ohio, studied at a seminary run by Fathers of the Precious Blood, was ordained in 1908 and given a parish in Fort Wayne, Ind., still his home diocese. For a time Father Arnold had the odd task of acting as chaplain for Catholics in the Wallace Circus, in winter quarters at Peru. Ind. In 1913, he applied to the chaplain bishop of his church for an appointment as army chaplain. He was going to try it only for a year, but liked the life so well that...
Gangway (Gaumont-British) is the third British musical in little more than a year to tackle the task of making Jessie Matthews as popular in the U. S. as she is in England. A slavish imitation of the current Hollywood musical comedy formula, Gangway sometimes comes close to clicking, gives one more indication that British cinema can as yet boast few native screen writers within trailing distance of Hollywood's best, but that British producers are still trying to pick up the trail...
...College Board algebra examinations from 1916 to 1931. Says Lawyer Scott: "Teaching is a profession and everyone magnifies his own profession." But he is anxious not to have his book misused for the benefit of young idlers: "The function of the home helper is a rather special one. . . . His task is to slay some lion in the path whose fierce mien is absorbing a dangerous amount of nervous energy. . . . The task of the parent instructor begins when the child is stuck. Never before...