Word: answers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...running fire of debate with the Committee, with his opponents. Referring to J. L. Phillips, former leader of the opposing faction, he declaimed: "The contestants here are playing the tragedy of Caesar with Caesar left out. Where is the National Committeeman you elected at Atlanta? Can you answer in decency? "I will tell you where he is. He is on trial in the District of Columbia, charged with stealing $2,000,000 of money from the Government in this War profiteering." "What has that to do with the issue in this case?" inquired a Committeeman. "It has .this...
...Manchester Guardian announced in answer to a correspondent that the last verse of The Red Flag is now read on polite Socialist circles...
...waving his private bell and squeaking "Order! Order!" Finally, everyone had to stop to draw breath. Officials began to call the roll. Everyone waited for the L's and the T's with breath bated and hearts palpitating. The Communists yowled whenever a Communist failed to answer his name, which usually meant that he was in prison; when the name of Prince von Bismarck, grandson of the Iron Chancellor, was called, they replied with: "Woe unto you who are his grandson!" Then came the L's and with them "Ludy's" name. The Communists shouted...
...Where is the official interpretation?" asked Bishop Brown. No answer. The Bishop then offered to interrogate every Bishop of the Church. This was not allowed. In short, during the entire four days debate, the debaters never clashed...
...other nation. This fundamental and wide-spread ignorance is the reason why the politicians and diplomatists have failed. How can 200 millions of people sprayed over half the face of the earth separated by thousands of miles co-operate intelligently if they know nothing about each other? The answer is that they cannot. The one real live bond between them is the spirit of sportsmanship and if the future of civilization depends on their intelligent co-operation then it depends on the strengthening of this bond. There can be no doubt about that. If anyone knows a better...