Word: though
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Very few citizens have gained the ability to appraise facts and opinions. The majority, though grown to adulthood in years, all too often accept as absolute truth exactly what the person on the platform says or the book dictates...
...city under 25,000, his father was a professional man, his education includes college training in liberal arts and now he feels the need of more knowledge of economics to do his job properly. Nevertheless, he would again select journalism, would prefer to remain a Washington correspondent, even though his hours are uncertain, his home office is constantly badgering him with queries for which he must scurry around to find answers, his estimate of Congressmen's calibre is not too high, and he must occasionally run errands and lobby for his boss. Forced by competitive conditions to pool...
Because Westchester's substantial, commuting Episcopalians do not relish worshiping at "mission stations," run by the New York diocese, the committee recommended that certain of the 14 Westchester missions be made into parishes, self-respecting and locally controlled. Likewise -though none had expressed any desire to -the committee suggested that failing Manhattan parishes be moved to fastest-growing Westchester...
...Though neither team had better than a mediocre record this season, 70,000 people sat in the rain to watch Army play its annual game with Notre Dame in New York City. In the first five minutes, Notre Dame's Ed Simonich scored the touchdown that defeated Army...
...been in effect ever since Hitler began making things tough for German Jews. At first it was directed from the American Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labor Committee. Two years ago the two organizations joined forces, set up a Joint Boycott Council, whose present chairman is Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum. Though it has no legal boycott powers, the council is potent, for it marshals the opinions of 2,800,000 Jews...