Word: antis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Noting that no Southern politicians of any potency were at Asheville, observers were little impressed with the likelihood of the Anti-Smith conference's actually having an effect on the electoral vote of the ten states of the Solid South, which have never yet gone Republican and are never likely to so long as Negroes are allowed to vote and hold office by the Republicans. More important to watch for were repercussions along the doubtful Border...
...Enforcement Provided. Secretary Kellogg explained: "As I have already pointed out, there can be no question as a matter of law that violation of a multilateral anti-war treaty through resort to war by one party thereto would automatically release the other parties from their obligations to the treaty-breaking State...
Senator William Edgar Borah, Chairman of the U. S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee was an early proponent of the concept of a treaty "outlawing war." Having lectured on the topic years before Secretary Kellogg took it up, he recently approved the present draft, saying: "The Multilateral anti-war Treaty, if signed this summer, will have right of way in the Senate next winter. ... I look for no serious fight against its ratification...
President Obregon. The Anti-Roman Catholic and extremely nationalist Mexican Constitution of 1917 was adopted under President Carranza, but first achieved international significance under President Obregon. His policy was dual, and shot through with the inconsistency of genius. On the one hand he whooped Mexican nationalism and trod on the toes of U. S. investors by commencing to enforce the Constitution; and on the other hand he sought to maintain cordial relations with the statesmen of Washington...
...Coolidge prosperity," then announced record sales, new high profits. Chain stores declared June sales of $123,239,775, an increase of 21.6% over June, 1927, while their six months' gains totaled 17.2%. Prohibitionists could I rejoice at the report of the company headed by Sebastian Spering Kresge, Anti-Saloon League angel, showing $62,790,164 sales, $6,527,111 earnings, as against $55,-900,987 and $5,756,039 for the first half of 1927. But vegetarians groaned at the outstanding exception among triumphant chain store operators. Newly dedicated to the slogan, "Go Vegetable-wise," the ' Childs...