Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that the islands be given their freedom as soon as it could be conveniently arranged. Soon most of the islands' 12,000,000 people began crying in their eight languages and 87 dialects that freedom would be immediately convenient. Year after year they voiced their polyglot appeal, gave their pompous little brown-skinned politicos hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend the winter comfortably in Washington agitating for freedom...
Plebiscite Procedure, Since the thing called Nazi does have marked appeal for the majority of Germans; since the majority of Saarlanders are Germans; and since the French are realists, Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin was entirely resigned last week to the prospect of a vote by the Saar to go German and thus Nazi...
...Junior Division, sampling the most vital sectors of several fields of study to find her chief interest. To be advanced to the Senior Division, she must demonstrate a good grasp of some field. After that there are no set requirements and each student works on special projects which appeal to her. Art is one recognized field, "human development'' another. Girls are encouraged to take vocational courses or develop side interests as they go along...
...judges selected are the Hon. Charles A. Goss, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska; the Hon. Mr. Justice Davis, Justice of the Court of Appeal of Ontario; and the Hon. Morris A. Soper, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit...
...this point the Cuban agreement pinched and pinched hard. Quotas and agreements had closed every source of sugar-Cuba, the refiners, the vast world surpluses accumulated from other years. There was nothing the shorts could do- except appeal to Washington...