Word: uttermost
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these last cases the soul of Frank Murphy may be tested to the uttermost, for the political explosive in them is nitroglycerin, not common black powder as in New Orleans and Kansas City. Yet none of his friends suspects for a second that the soul of Frank Murphy will fail the test...
...Oxford's Nuffield Institute for Medical Research, Dr. Barclay has recently explored the uttermost crannies of the living lungs. Notable result was a complete description of "the normal escalator action" by which the lungs constantly expel dry dust that is inhaled. Dr. Barclay made his observations on the lungs of anesthetized cats, which breathe at 30 respirations a minute (almost as slowly...
...Conant scheme for studying history in one's spare time has breathed fire and fury into history for history's sake. Puttering about the uttermost parts of the University last week-end we stumbled on a scene that made our heart leap up to behold the prophetic power of the President's plan. For in one of the scientific research labs on the other side of the River--the kind of place one never goes to but which makes the University famous--we took part in a tingling drama in American historical development...
...work is accomplished, certain that Italy needs him, certain that his institutions are wholesome for Italy . . . certain that he cannot fail. . . . The impact of his personality on men, women and children far from the vicinity of Mussolini's physical presence is astounding. Far away, even to the uttermost confines of the kingdom, beyond the hills and fields and marshes separating them from Rome, even beyond the ocean, the charm works. A businesslike Party official, hearing that I was to visit the Duce, exclaimed enraptured 'Oh, thou in beatitude...
...Harmodio Arias' gift to Mrs. Hull when the Santa reached Panama City. In the Zone, one of the most heavily fortified districts in the world, Secretary Hull chose to talk about disarmament: "We cannot go too far or do too much in carrying this gospel to the uttermost parts of our lands. Slaughter by the outlawed means of armed conflict would be nothing less than murder and assassination...