Word: abolishing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...there is no doubt that teachers, as a class, have no more influence in politics than J. P. Morgan; in fact, professors and that gentleman share the undubious honor of being scapegoats for morons and politicians. This spirit might in the future react against educational opportunities in America, and abolish the freedom of speech and investigation which is the foundation of the greatness of great universities. So that allying with such a power as the A F. of L. Makes for a strong safeguard against the present political defencelessness of teachers...
Late that afternoon he summoned the National Assembly. Majority were Premier Tsaldaris' hedging Royalists; minority were out-&-out Royalists. (Republicans had boycotted the June election of the assembly.) Last week, prodded by a life-size Kingmaker, the deputies amid wild cheers voted to abolish the republican constitution, revive the old monarchical constitution of 1911. hold a plebiscite Nov. 3 to confirm Kondylis' coup d'état and, finally, recall "Gorgeous Georgios" to the throne. The Government hastily ran off new stationery with the Greek royal arms...
Said Kingmaker Kondylis: "We did not abolish the republic; we simply ignored...
...Squaring the Circle thus already shows signs of dating because Soviet authorities have lately taken stern steps to abolish easy divorce (TIME...
...terrorising Congress into giving them a bigger navy, Japan has no thought of annexing the Philippines and sending an armada to attack San Francisco. he proves that, despite the cheap haranguing of sensational newspapers, Japanese labor cannot compete against American labor in this country, even if we were to abolish tariffs altogether. he proves that, despite the world's anti-imperialistic sympathies, the end justified the means in the case of his country's going into Manchuria...