Word: behalf
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...behalf of the Central Government, I pledge you that we will never give up the northeast, we will never give up Jehol. The enemy may blockade our ports, they may even capture Nanking, but there will be no one to sign terms of surrender...
...from hope but from fear. Since societies exist only by the consent of their members, a withdrawal of consent (as in the case of Prohibition) nullifies society's laws and purposes. The history of the U. S., thinks Kallen, "is the history of an unremitting warfare in behalf of Individualism as a self-conscious way of life, with some successes and many frustrations"; "Democracy has not failed, because Democracy has not yet had a free chance to make good...
...book relates in non-scientific terms the adventures of these two expeditions to Southeastern Asia in 1928-29 on behalf of the Field Museum of Chicago. With the Coolidge party starting from China and the Roosevelt group from the Tibetan border, the original plan was to meet on the Mekong River, but the swift rapids in the Mckong and a lack of time prevented this meeting until the end of the expedition. One tragic incident marred the otherwise complete success of the trip. This was the death of R. W. Hendee from malaria when he was on his way from...
Thursday evening, discussing TIME with admiring subscriber, handed kudos to alert editorial staff on unfailing accuracy. Friday morning, studying current issue, faith shattered to read in TIME that ex-Secretary Kellogg resides in Minneapolis. To you, boos, jeers and catcalls on behalf of St. Paul citizens weary of credit-grabbing Minneapolis, claiming St. Paul's great as its own, referring to Kellogg, Attorney General Mitchell. Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler as "Twin Cities residents" when referring to these St. Paul citizens in their public prints...
...writing in behalf of Mrs. Dwight Morrow with regards to Miss Morrow's wedding (TIME...