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Word: wonderful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fomenting of revolutions in Europe." From Adam Weishaupt it was only a step to Karl Marx, and from Karl Marx Mrs. Brosseau proceeded to the New Deal. Imploring her audience to "work together to keep the Constitution on the upper level and the American flag floating," she continued: "I wonder how many who draw dividends and love them have written to their Congressmen their views on the present tax law under consideration. . . . Echoing through the rosy dawn of each new day is the still small voice of admonition: 'Work for the night is coming.' Women, the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Congress | 6/15/1936 | See Source »

...impossible that over twelve thousand examinations could be corrected and graded without error. And it is only natural that students on the border line of a certain group of the rank list should find that error and wonder if something could not be done about it. Still there is something to be said on the side of the instructor who sends his grades to University Hall and foolishly imagines his year's work done until the avalanche of requests for grade changes deposits him turbulently in the midst of another maelstrom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B Plus | 6/10/1936 | See Source »

...disappointed in the showing of the Eastern athletes, why didn't he say so? And incidentally his story of the Pennsylvania carnival was built around the performance of a sprint relay team from Texas and two boys from Ohio State, a member of the Western Conference. Small wonder, is there not, in being unable to write about any of your effete Easterners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 11, 1936 | 5/11/1936 | See Source »

SAVAGE PATROL-J. G. Hides-McBride ($2.75). British Patrol Officer Hides recounts his experiences as defender of the peace in Papua, land of cannibals and headhunters. Some thoughtful observations for those who may wonder, with the author, what fun remains to the headhunter when he learns that murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recent Books: Fiction | 5/11/1936 | See Source »

...Adrian later recalled how he had learned of his impending elevation : "There among my letters was a communication from the Holy See. With trembling fingers I opened it and read: 'The Holy Father has in mind to choose you Bishop of Nashville.' I was so overwhelmed with wonder that I could read no farther. I can only say that I am still wondering how it came to pass that I was chosen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: More Bishops | 5/4/1936 | See Source »

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