Word: widespread
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Membership in the anti-religious Soviet League of Militant Godless has declined, according to official Soviet statistics last week, from over 5,000,000 to under 2,000,000-this being doubtless due in part to a widespread impression that religion in Russia was just about dead, until the election eruption of religious news proved otherwise...
...with the title "Blessed," two or more new miracles must be performed through her intercession. Since the Church in its investigations must winnow authentic "wonders" out of hundreds of minor cases of coincidence, hysteria, or self-hypnosis, and even well-meaning fraud, the reputation of the candidate must become widespread so that thousands of faithful may actively pray for miracles to happen. Last week an organization called the Cabrini Cavaliers, formed last year, made ready to seek 100,000 petitioners for Mother Cabrini's early canonization...
...distract public opinion from this, Herr Henlein made a much-advertised visit to England, returned last week to announce that he had found "widespread sympathy" for all Germans in London, precipitated a free fight between Sudetendeutsch members of the Czechoslovak Parliament, who had come to hail Leader Henlein, and Czechoslovak police who did not know that these zealots who tried to break through their lines were persons with parliamentary immunity. The cracked crowns of the deputies were to be investigated by Parliament committee, but Adolf Hitler's press was screaming with such rage at latest reports that Eduard Benes...
...world." A novelized biography of Henry Ford, The Flivver King contains no startling new facts, presents several little-known, lively anecdotes. Sample: When Automan Ford was in the midst of his Jew-baiting campaign, he selected Cineman William Fox as a victim. Cineman Fox promptly ordered his innumerable, widespread newsreel photographers to photograph all wrecks in which Ford autos were involved, record the grisly details, get from experts affidavits stating that Ford defects were responsible for the accidents. The best of hundreds received were to go into newsreels every week. Automan Ford promptly agreed to stop baiting Jews...
...between they went through an excursion similar to Dr. Beebe's junkets to the bottom of the sea in a bathysphere. Prices on Monday had fallen in the worst break of the current decline and everyone anticipated that opening prices Tuesday would be down as a result of widespread margin calls...