Word: exaction
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...glasses, said his organization tried to help those who, it believed, were "framed." Senator Reed asked how much the National Organization (exclusive of the state bodies) of the Anti-Saloon League had collected in 1925. Mr. Wheeler thought it was $150,000 or $200,000-he would get the exact figures. Then Mr. Reed got into the question of which members of Congress had been paid for making prohibition speeches. Mr. Wheeler said Upshaw of Georgia, Cooper of Ohio, Barkley of Kentucky, Lowry of Mississippi, Senator Jones of Washington, Senator Willis of Ohio. Mr. Wheeler was excused then...
...Though the Occidental concept of Satan belongs to the postexilic period of Hebrew development and has no exact Indian counterpart, the word is here employed as the nearest translation of Kali (The Black), dread Indian devourer, cruel goddess of destruction and death. **Doubtless Health Officer Bundesen was responsible only indirectly. It is the usual thing for officials to get their publicity sheets written by underpaid newspaper reporters, the majority of whom are constantly on the lookout for "outside work" of any kind to fatten their slender purses...
...bulletin board of a Wesleyan church in London is startling enough for several U. S. religious periodicals to make mention: "If it is more convenient or more helpful for you to attend some other church, there are several in the district." Appended to this are the names and exact addresses of Anglican, Baptist, Congregationalist, Presbyterian, Primitive Methodist and United Methodist churches...
...coach made the statement as to his plans for next fall prier to his departure for his home in Chicago in the middle of last month, he is reported to favor the addition of Casey to his staff of helpers. No final decision will be made on Casey's exact status until the next meeting of the Athletic Committee, where it is expected that the matter will be taken up. Probably no final announcement will be made until the full list of coaches is named...
...short story subject in general, the critic points out the supernatural in particular as a growth indigenous to the Germanic and English soils. It is interesting to discover that in the present book there is at least one story avowedly of this class, really two, but one escapes exact definition. The story of the supernatural, "Miss Mary Pask," gives only such character drawing as will enhance the tale, and does not concentrate its strokes on the actors in the drama. The completely supernatural story is the tale of a woman dead, declared dead by her sister, whose house...