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Word: adopted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...return of the Laborites to power. They foresee the possibility of keeping Mr. Chamberlain in office but surrounding him with such an anti-Fascist Cabinet of "national unity" that he would no longer be free to appease dictators. Significantly, Chairman Sandys squelched some Hundred Thousand organizers who wanted to adopt the slogan: "Chamberlain Must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Second Hundred Thousand | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

...President conferred with his Senatorial lieutenant, Jimmy Byrnes, about plans to revive Reorganization next session, indicated that he would probably take Senator Byrnes's advice to adopt the line of least resistance by splitting the measure into several Congressional bills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Into History | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

...Winthrop House debators will meet the Dudley-Little team tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Winthrop Junior Common Room to argue the resolution: "That the United States adopt a policy of Pan-American isolation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WINTHROP DEBATES DUDLEY | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

...truly tolerant attitude would call for a stand against all totalitarian aggressions, and the allied student organizations would do well to adopt as speedily as possible the Y.M.C.A.'s plan for relief to Chinese scholars which they now have under consideration. Secondly, true toleration is devoid of political motives, and the student body should have been give a greater guarantee that their contributions will be attributed to the humanitarian motives which inspired them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHO GOES THERE! | 12/6/1938 | See Source »

Sharp warnings that Republicans in Congress must not adopt obstructionist tactics in dealing with social reforms and that the G.O.P. gains at the polls should be interpreted more as a protest vote against extreme New Deal proposals than a swing toward Republicanism, punctuated the outward air of harmony that prevailed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Over the Wire | 11/30/1938 | See Source »

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