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...emitting at the same time declarations to the world press that he will part with "not an inch" of Ethiopian soil. If these Imperial activities resemble a Semitic tradesman's strident, righteous protestations and simultaneous readiness to compromise, they are not the Man of the Year's fault but aspects of his God-given character...
Special marking of cars whose drivers have been at fault in accidents...
...masterpiece: "I regard non-punctuality as bad manners. I don't expect you to be punctual; I know you are not capable of it, save under great stress. On the other hand, I don't expect to be told, when you are late, that it is my fault that you are hurrying." He had little better luck with her spelling: "But why in the name of God, despite all my warnings, continue to write 'happyness' and 'luckey...
...picture is charged with unintentional humor. Richard Dix brings this out when that grim square jaw of his goes into action and he tells Madge Evans, blinded wife and bereaved mother, "Kiss me and tell me to go back into the tunnel." But everybody knows that the fault is in the script, and Mr. Dix, with years of variegated experience behind him, is easily the best...
...fault of modern thought in regard to theology, continued Dr. Temple, is an attempt to make a comparative study of religion. Psychology in particular tends to do this. "It is wrong to make a sharp distinction between truth and falsehood, for in every religion Christian or pagan there is some element of truth...