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Word: assertation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Even those hitherto considered cool to Cárdenas' policies swore undying fealty, branded rebellious General Saturnino Cedillo "the most ungrateful traitor alive." In Mexico City, 27 State Governors assured Señor Cárdenas of their devotion. The Governors went so far as to assert, without offering evidence, that Cedillo was receiving support from foreigners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Band Wagon | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

Franklin Roosevelt and Senator Burton K. Wheeler are on record as believing that most intermediate holding companies should be eliminated; Governor George Earle of Pennsylvania likes to assert that the long fingers of J. P. Morgan reach into too many crannies for the public good; SEC Chairman William Orville Douglas argues that major financing programs should always be subject to competitive bidding. Last week all three of these themes ran through the complicated story of a battle for control of rich Chesapeake & Ohio Railway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Babes & Wolves | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

...vote favoring repeal in the measure's second reading on Tuesday was considered a strong indication that the legislation be placed on Governor Hurley's desk. His veto message last year and his remarks at the opening of the present session of the General Court assert his firm support of the oath...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SENATE DEADLOCK BLOCKS MOVE TO REPEAL OATH LAW | 2/25/1938 | See Source »

However the Massachusetts Teachers' Union and the Society for Freedom in Teaching will attempt to bring the issue into public attention by forcing the Governor to take his stand once again. In the event of failure in this session they assert that the item will be of considerable importance in the elections for State positions in November...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revival of Oath Bill Repeal Brings Flavor of Struggle | 2/15/1938 | See Source »

...editorial hastens to assert its admiration of the College as a whole, however, terming it "the best college we've ever been to, and we don't wish we were anywhere else. While we're here enjoying it . . . as individual students, as a newspaper, we'll be chiefly interested in what's wrong with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Undergraduate Daily Blasts Boring Courses, Mossgrown Cut System | 2/11/1938 | See Source »

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