Word: todays
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...were then of current interest. I understand that copies of that old print are now very rare indeed. I have, however, looked through one, as a friend of mine who is a bookworm has a copy which he values highly. There is a sharp contrast between the TIME of today and the Time of the other days...
...Stooped, fierce-eyed old Cordell Hull said that he felt exactly the same about the "situation today" as he did when he dressed down Japanese peace emissaries after the attack at Pearl Harbor...
...competent . . . the kind of officer whom a junior officer is well advised to salute when approaching his desk." One of Tunner's fellow professional officers expanded on LaFarge's theme. Said he: "Will's great fault is his impatience. That business of wanting something yesterday, not today, is a little hard to take." But Tunner's toughness, which has led some of his present subordinates to christen him "Willie the Whip," gave his men efficiency and esprit de corps. Even when removed from his command they remained "Tunner...
...Today, when 74-year-old Dr. Luce is not actually treating patients, he serves as school doctor, trustee of the local library, and member of the local board of health. In his spare time, he attends postgraduate courses and pursues a favorite hobby-writing for the district medical paper which he edited last year. Between times he follows research on diabetes, from which he himself has suffered since he served as a captain in World...
...Religion? Young Philosophy Student Antoine Pelletier considers that "the principal characteristic of American Protestantism of today seems to be the complete loss of the idea and the very meaning of religion . . . Religion has given way to religiosity and belief to opinion . . . The Unitarian Church . . . hesitated, a few years ago, over whether it should define itself as 'Christian' or 'humanist' . . . One may well ask whether American Protestantism is still, in its various forms, a religion...