Word: needful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pacemaker Henderson. "We who are gathered here are custodians of the Peace of the World," preached Uncle Arthur solemnly. "Need I remind this great assembly that two years have gone by since we resolved that, due to the Locarno agreements, it had become possible to hold a Disarmament Conference. We have not as yet assembled that great convention. Our pace is slow and the peoples of the world are growing impatient, doubtful of our good faith...
...Open-a record never before held by any man-took his golfing machine out on the No. 2 course at his home East Lake Country Club near Atlanta, Ga., to see how it was running. It scored 70, one under par. Putts were all that seemed to need oiling and tightening up as Jones packed his equipment and headed for the Merion Cricket club near Philadelphia, where he would try the coming week, in the U. S. Amateur Championship, for four-square perfection...
...sought after, for the people want to be led. There is so much loose talk, foggy thinking, agitation for reform, partisanship and prejudice that he who can demonstrate the qualities of discernment, sincerity and courage will soon take his place as a leader in the community. The people need guidance. The average person has neither the time, the inclination, nor the ability to form a fair judgment on the thousands of questions and candidates constantly before them. They must necessarily rely on those in whom they have confidence...
...need a more intelligent comprehension by the people of the function of law, and a closer adherence by their representatives to the essentials of law-making. Lawlessness will never be stopped by the passage of more laws, nor by the imposition of more severe punishments. Laws which violate natural rights and which the general will does not accept cannot be enforced. Laws which are unworthy of respect will not be respected. As Cardinal O'Connell said the other day: "History proves that goodness and virtue cannot be forced on a people by statutes or by machine guns." "It is impossible...
...information has been forthcoming about the reasons for the merger. But the implications are obvious; McCann gains many valuable accounts including Congoleum-Nairn, Bon Ami, Valspar, Dictaphone, Agfa-Ansco, Dill Tobacco; and Erickson, which had these accounts among others, gains service facilities of which it has long felt the need. Erickson had only one office (in Manhattan), while McCann has seven in the U. S., three in Europe, four affiliated in Canada. McCann Co., headed by Founder Harrison King McCann, is the larger of the combining bodies, but Erickson, headed by Founder Alfred William Erickson, goes back to a more...