Word: wrongness
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Angel is actually Maurice Tillet, born of French parents in the Russian Urals 35 years ago. His mother, who has always called him Angel (Ange), he says is now a professor of languages in a girls' college at Rheims. Something went wrong with Maurice's glandular system (probably acromegaly) when he was very young, but his mother still called him Ange. Maurice turned out to be a good athlete, was once a circus strong man, played on the All-France rugby team against England, once met George V after a match. He served in the French Navy...
...believed the cops, convicted Captain Brown. The captain took the rap like a good soldier, but he shook his head soberly. "I tell you, I heard it," he insisted. "I would do it again if I felt passengers aboard any ship were endangered, al though I was apparently 100% wrong in this case...
...books and properties. Last year Barnsdall Refining lost $150,000 (1938 loss: $1,432,520), and they argued that it should make a 1940 profit under the new setup, which halves its debt. The argument went on for two days. It ended when Stockholder Rich decided he was wrong. He backed his decision by buying 500 shares of Barnsdall Oil at 13? . Then he hurried back to Manhattan...
...what would happen if all these neutral nations I have mentioned, and some others I have not mentioned, were with one spontaneous impulse to do their duty in accordance with the covenant of the League and were to stand together with the British and French Empires against aggression and wrong...
Last week thirty-three prominent Protestants, most of them ministers, but with a smattering of college presidents, signed a statement blessing the cause of the Allies. they are convinced that this is a war of right against wrong, and call on American spiritual leaders to educate "their nation to assume a responsible relationship to the present conflicts." This is no blazing manifesto, hurled at the country as a challenge to jump into the fight; it is a calm expression of opinion, and a plea for steady, clear-eyed consideration of the "deeper issues involved." but mark that it is based...