Word: assert
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard man does not mean that one has gone through that fraternizing period of sham democracy in which cane rushes and greased poles have stimulated the spirit of brother-hood; but it does mean a respect for scholarship, for the right of the individual to assert himself in his own way; a feeling for that continuity of achievement, free of "isms", which passes over into progress...
Speaking of the Committee of One Hundred formed in order to investigate conditions in Ireland, the writers of "Greater Ireland" further assert that "many reputable Americans who were invited to serve on the Committee declined to do so, thus leaving a personnel composed almost entirely of avowed Irish sympathizers...
After two weeks of the outlaw strike the suffering and bewildered public has yet to discover just what it is all about. Some would have us believe that the leaders of organized labor themselves are behind the scenes, secretly directing the strike for some dark purpose. Others assert that the disturbance is no more than the expression of justified discontent on the part of the men, and that the President is to blame, because of his delay in appointing the Railroad Board. Still others, borne out by the testimony of the Attorney-General, see the insidious working...
...Renaissance of the Law for Man"--as the governing principle of life in place of a sentimental romanticism or the equally sentimental naturalism. The easy road of laudatory self-indulgence is no longer to be justified by an appeal to nature as the final law. Reason is again to assert its kingship in the domain of life; man is to turn from "the anarchistic ideal of unchecked self-expression to the practice of the disciplines which humanize the individual and make him socially and righteously efficient." To the aid of a "positive and ethical humanism" is to be brought...
...main source of difficulty, however, lies in the distribution of this expanded currency. We observed that the paper money has increased (in quantity) about seven times in the last two years, but it would be ridiculous to assert that every person possesses seven times as much wealth. Many have multiplied their balance by more than seven, but the great majority have not even doubled theirs...