Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...perfect right to be as "sudden" as he liked about sacrificing for one year $257,000,000 due the U. S. (that being his own business and Congress not being in session); but that the President had no right "brutally" to insist that France make a similar abrupt sacrifice of $97,000,000. that being Premier Laval's business and the French Chamber being not only in session but twice as angry as Congress when Congress finally convened and voted...
...abrupt transition from secondary school to college has for many years constituted a serious problem. That drastic innovations in secondary school education were necessary to bridge the gulf was clearly apparent to the great educational figures of the day. Yet who would be willing to take the first step in a new and dangerous direction? The signal honor fell upon Exeter, when Edward S. Harkness, with superb generosity donated millions to the Academy last fall to inaugurate an entirely new era in secondary school education. The super-generous gift of Mr. Harkness was doubtless inspired by the feeling that...
...Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson, several times rumored last week to be on the point of negotiating a compromise with Ambassador Debuchi in Washington, though this did not receive official confirmation. The compromise was understood to be on "realistic lines," taking into consideration that anarchy would follow abrupt withdrawal of Japanese troops from Manchuria, yet striving to uphold China's more flagrantly violated rights; the compromise to lead to direct negotiations between China and Japan...
...Cabinet. At Speaker Fitzroy's bidding the Lord President of the Council, Stanley Baldwin, led the House in orderly procession to sign the Roll (equivalent to swearing in). By the time 615 autographs had been affixed, the House was ready to adjourn. Parliament came to an abrupt standstill for several days while Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald put finishing touches to his revised National Government and wrote the Speech from the Throne later delivered by George...
...abrupt ending of the London debt conference gave Europe a chance to remember that Henry Lewis Stimson had originally gone to Europe to drum up enthusiasm for the League of Nations Disarmament Conference to be held in Geneva next February...