Word: truths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...earth is the center of the solar system. As soon as the theory is generally understood, there will hardly be a single phase in human life unaffected, and man's conception of the universe must be materially revised in order to include the new truth, that space and time cannot exist without cosmic matter...
There may be some truth in all three possibilities. At any rate, it seems unlikely that more than one or two of the speeches on his present schedule will be devoted to the Court...
From another source comes a despatch stating that General Feng Yu-Hsiang, known as the "Christian General," is about to exterminate the bandits with the legendary " one fell swoop." In the face of official reports from Peking there is probably not a word of truth in this contention. The Washington Post, in an editorial, humorously sums up the character of the Christian hymn-singing army: " An American officer reported that he had heard Chinese soldiers on the march singing to the tune of Onward, Christian Soldiers, but the words meant something different. They sang the Doxology at meals...
...championship fighting the exhibition was a failure. It proved that Floyd Johnson lacks a punch. In the ninth round Willard dropped his gloves and allowed Johnson to pound his jaw with everything he had. When the desperate blows bounded harmlessly from the old man's head the truth was out. Johnson can never be a champion...
...critics more popular than artistic does not worry him greatly. Here the business of writing is at its most efficient. Rupert Hughes has been hailed by some critics as a fine writer of the realistic school.' Others have patronized him as a popular author of sensational novels. The truth lies, perhaps, somewhere between the two. He has the art of being able to tell a story well. He has a sense of the details of life. He does not always write his best. Who does...