Word: creationism
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...Sargon, King of Assyria, in 772 B.C. The Kingdom of Judah came to an end when Titus destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Some 60 years later, the Emperor Hadrian put down a Jewish uprisal, forbade the Jews to enter Jerusalem, ordered the great Dispersal which scattered the Jews throughout creation...
Governor Austin Peay of Tennessee received from his legislature a bill. The legislators of Tennessee saw fit to make it unlawful for any teacher in the universities, normal or other schools of the State which obtain state funds "to teach any theory that denies the story of the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals...
...learns to speak his lines; not live them. Real beauty on the stage cannot exist without deep, silent appreciation in the audience, which reaches across the foot-lights to the players, helping them on. A rustling, noisy audience, whispering, coming in late, going out early, is a purely American creation and hardly one to boast of. In Europe the drama meets with greater refinement and intelligence. It is no wonder our best actors are imported...
...months, wholesale commodity prices have shown a general tendency to recede. In the basic industries, production is high and, while consumption is apparently good, a tendency to create heavy stocks and inventories is undoubtedly present. Easy money, by promising the wherewithal to carry these, is a factor facilitating the creation of a top-heavy business situation...
...idea that we wish most firmly to imprint in this report, is that the best solution of whatever problem does exist, lies in the creation, by the Student Council and other undergraduate organizations, of a general attitude which would look on the proctor more and more as an aid, as a special help to the student, and less and less as an antagonistic watch-dog, set over a room to find as many morally deficient students as possible...