Word: adopter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...times, a fund could and should be raised to tide us over the lean days which will inevitably follow. Surely the principle is sound; the details are less important. Repeatedly in public speech for many months have I advocated this, May I not hope that the Republican party will adopt in its platform some workable Unemployment Insurance Plan...
...Valdez. She averred that hostile Indians had captured Marino Valdez, cut off his right hand because he was an "infidel'' (or because they wanted to prevent his ever bearing arms), abandoned him to the jungle, where she found him while shooting films. She said she planned to adopt the waif legally in Manhattan, train him for the diplomatic service...
...violent denunciation of Dollfuss's own party, the Christian Socialists, which has just been made by Prince Starhemberg, can come as no surprise to him, for when he resolved to crush the Socialists with the aid of the Heimwehr, he must have known that he could not temporize or adopt any half measures, that he must accept the Fascist doctrine in toto. One may, accordingly, look for the disappearance of Dollfuss's party in the near future; and, I think that it is also extremely likely that Dollfuss himself will soon follow it into oblivion, for the Heimwehr will eventually...
...expected it to be he has recourse to out one measure left and that is to ally himself with some power or group of powers hostile to Germany; here his strongest support may be expected from Italy and France, although I should not be surprised to see England adopt an aggressive policy toward Germany before either of the two former powers do. This seemingly illogical behavior by the nation whose vital interests are the least affected may be explained by the fact that in all likelihood the English would move rapidly in order to forestall any cash moves by Nazi...
...need serious improvement. . . . One section of the military party in Japan openly advocates the necessity of war against the U. S. S. R. . . . The Japanese Government instead of calling these incendiaries to order, washes its hands of the matter. . . . That is why we must adopt measures to defend our country...