Word: exaction
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...factions are almost exact opposites. The Cantonese in the South were first organized by the great leader, Sun Yat-Sen. He possessed the ambition to make every Chinese man, woman, and child politically conscious. His task was almost inconceivable to the Western mind. China for 2000 years had been steeped in the Confucian doctrine that 'people can be made to follow but not to know why', and during the Manchu dynasty the notice was posted in tea-houses the country over--'Don't talk politics...
...large part, the present day controversy between Fundamentalists and Modernists is just this question of the spirit in which the Scriptures were written. Were they written purporting to set forth exact truth in all their details and meant to be accepted as such, or were there parts conceived in the spirit of figures of speech and designed to be taken in the same spirit? If one accepts the first view must he deny science; if one accepts the second, must he deny the Bible...
...exact size of the fairies' panties and petticoats...
Marshall Field became a rich man and became so through two business principles most unusual in the U. S. before the Civil War. He backed up every item of goods he sold with a warranty of its soundness and value and he sold only for "cash." "Cash" meant the exact day, 30 to 60 days after billing, on which a bill was due, else no more dealings with Field, Leiter...
Imagine that! I who have bought new shoes for all the little Forecasts out of my winnings on the Dartmouth game! I who, alone of the so-called experts, not only forecasted the winner of that fray correctly, but even broadcasted to my public the exact number of touchdowns it would take Dartmouth to beat us! And here was a CRIMSON candidate seeming to minimize my powers. But I answered him none the less with quiet courtesy, saying, "I have already made...