Word: vitalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Said the Rabbi of the Bishop: "He needs no praise, for he is a courageous leader of men. He is alive, vital and dynamic. He has a power that cannot be acquired-that received from his mother. She gave him her love, which cannot be gotten from an institution. Bishop Spencer received in his home the courageous attitude that great men have. "Furthermore, he is not a victim of theological training. His knowledge and philosophy are wide. He is an advocate of truth and the truth he preaches he practices. He has created a spiritual world that time cannot obliterate...
After breakfast, however, at about 10:30 a. m., President Hoover breathed more easily. Returns then indicated that the worst (for him) had been averted. With only 40 districts to be heard from, the Democrats had only 183 House seats, 35 short of the vital figure of Majority. As the morning wore on, the Republican count crept slowly closer to that vital, fateful...
...devoted to the cause of making America education minded. Its sponsors, the American Legion and the American Education Association will carry on the campaign with all the heavy artillery at its command. Radio, movies, press and public discussion will all be pressed into the service of this great and vital cause...
...their will be done, but fifty thousand in Boston alone saluted the honor and glory of Smith last week. To pay homage is a public privilege. To vote has become a duty. With a business depression, which has affected millions, and prohibition, which has staggered the country, as the vital issues of the campaign men harkened to the words of two who in the past were great, while they were deaf to the men who in time will shoulder the responsibilities of the state...
...alternative to the recommendations of the Simon Report (TIME, June 30 et seq.). It was expected that Lord Irwin would urge an extension of the system of "dyarchy." Under this system the less important provincial offices of the Government of India are administered by natives, all the really vital departments, such as Police, being "reserved." To carry "dyarchy" a little further would be an important concession from the British point of view, would not meet even half way the demands of St. Gandhi whose followers have boycotted the conference...