Word: arming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...naked arm of morn stretched through...
Where one party begins the use of force, the other will inevitably retaliate. Where the employer calls for detectives, the police, or the militia, the workers are bound to arm themselves and adopt violent methods in their strike. Where the workers go armed, the employer is bound to call in additional force; and the vicious circle widens indefinitely, each side alleging self-protection as the cause for its acts. The recent series of affrays in Matewan, West Virginia, have already cost a dozen lives, detectives, strikers, and peaceful citizens being numbered among the slain. Such futile affairs as this need...
...Cincinnati Reds, is playing his old position at second. Both these men have been showing good form this season, although Merritt feels a little awkward at his new post. Robertson, the lanky first baseman, is the strongest man on the infield, combing a long reach with a steady arm...
...become an important national matter with us whether we ship our goods in foreign ships or American. Of course we are a more or less self-sustaining people, but we do want a dignified policy. We want Americans to feel that they have about them the protecting arm of the United States. We read quite often now of Americans carried away and held for ransom and sometimes we think of the experience of another president years ago. When a North African sultan carried off an American citizen and declared that he wanted ransom, the answer was "We want--alive...
...child of seven, his technique may well be called remarkable. His bow arm displayed considerable facility and his left hand encountered skips and double stops with accuracy...