Word: banishing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...menace last week, sent a resolution to the Government demanding strict limitation of the number of foreign bullfighters and of the length of time they may stay in the country. Mexican matadors did not take this lying down. From their own union headquarters they petitioned the Mexican Government to banish all Spanish toreros from Mexico...
...banish aircraft stocks from the market. An industry that has to be subsidized by the government shouldn't be allowed to become speculator's material, and the industry certainly cannot support itself without government aid. Of course the ideal thing to do is to consolidate the military, naval, and commercial branches all under one head, and thus get things done efficiently. The President, I believe, could do this any time he saw fit, and I shouldn't be at all surprised to see it happen...
...with us for a short visit at least, and to our rulers he is an unwelcome guest. The laws of diplomacy, not to say self-preservation, require his handling with kid gloves. Yet there is a dark hint of exile: would it not be well to banish the unfortunately immortal serpent once more, and break off diplomatic relations with the animal kingdom...
...face on the scuttled League of Nations. He felt himself on surer ground when, praising Wilson's advocacy of peace, he declared: "The imagination of the masses of world population was stirred, as never before, by President Wilson's gallant appeal to them - to those masses - to banish future war. . . . Through all the centuries and down to the world conflict of 1914 to 1918, wars were made by governments. Woodrow Wilson challenged that necessity. That challenge made the people who create and who change governments think...
...Bolivian power in her back yard. The result is the present interminable struggle, in which Paraguay has so far been victorious, having almost completely demolished the southern army of Bolivia just prior to the signing of the truce. Bolivia, however, has taken advantage of the truce to recuperate, banish the peace party, and get rid of the German general, Kundt. Apparently, she is now ready to enter the struggle with renewed energy...