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...Basilicas of St. Peter's, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul-without-the-wells. "Let us collect our thoughts from the uproar of daily life during the Holy Year," said the Pope. "Let us turn to prayer and penitence for the sins committed by mankind, torn by so many discords, afflicted by troubles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Appeal to Sainthood | 1/23/1933 | See Source »

...feel even guiltier because of the further fact that the same stuff can -be made up into the world's most destructive atomic bomb. At the centre of the ensuing pussy-wants-a-corner is Walter Bullinger, Britain's Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Born a little Liberal, torn between his guilty secret, the bad guesses of foreign diplomats, the bloodthirsty ambitions of Sir Charles Pantry, Secretary for Air, poor Walter has a most unhappy time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fandango Diplomatique | 1/9/1933 | See Source »

...Mahatma received the news last week in bed where he has been suffering with a torn ligament from an automobile accident in July. He was not surprised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Metropolitan & Mahatma | 1/2/1933 | See Source »

Final action will take place on Friday, December 27. At the coming meeting, the 15 councilmen will vote. If ten councilmen are in favor of the bill, Rogers Hall will soon be torn down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COUNCILMEN TO DECIDE ON FATE OF ROGER'S BUILDING | 12/15/1932 | See Source »

...American life. America is yearning for a guiding aim, for something to strive after; and the historian is in a good position to give the answer to that desire. Today's world is one that has been stripped of shams and pretenses; one that has seen the veil torn away from much that passed for idealism--and from much that was idealism. This country is weary of destruction; it desires rebuilding and most of all a system of ideals. The American believes as he has always believed in his institutions and his history, and no one today can clarify...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO CLIO | 12/2/1932 | See Source »

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