Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years ago Turkey's leaders were hypocrites under the shadow of the Caliph's mantle, drinking alcohol but denying alcohol to the people on orthodox grounds. They were unwilling to drink publicly but Consumed more copiously in private than myself, who drink publicly to the health of the Turkish people...
...Still (he was originally an orthodox, allopathic physician), after serving in the Civil War, developed the principles of osteopathy. Basic is his theory that health persists only when the joints and other skeletal articulations function normally. This is especially important for the ribs, spine, pelvis. If the bones are in proper relation, then flesh, nerves and other parts of the anatomy hung on to them, function properly and prevent the invasion of disease. Inversely, to cure disease, the doctor must manipulate the bones into natural position. Hence the fundamental osteopathic principle: "Find the lesion, adjust it, and let it alone...
...late Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1868 to 1882. For that sentimental reason he last week asked his King to accept his resignation. His resignation was without precedent. Heretofore archbishops of Canterbury, ever since Augustine first held that seat (597-605), have quit office only through orthodox murder or natural death. No religia-political pressure caused Dr. Davidson's decision; not even his double defeat by the House of Commons over his efforts to revise the Book of Common Prayer. He continues one of the brightest intellects in the House of Lords...
...Helen of Greece and Rumania, mother of Baby King Mihai of Rumania, and sister of the deposed King George II of Greece; at Bucharest. Temporarily the suit will come before the Court of Appeals, spiritually before the Most Holy Myron Cristea, patriarchal Ecclesiarch ("Church Ruler") of the independent Rumanian Orthodox Church...
Married. Michael Arlen, Armenian novelist (The Green Hat), of London; to Countess Atalanta Mercati; 22, daughter of Count Alexandre Mercati, former Chamberlain of the Court of Greece; at the Greek Orthodox Church, Cannes, France. During the elaborate ritual in which the bride relinquished her title for the official name of Mrs. Dikran Kuumjian, her gown caught fire from a burning ikon, was quickly extinguished. Only one prominent citizen of Cannes was absent: Mayor Andre Capron, 76, ill of shock suffered when a demented woman fired at him the morning of the ceremony...