Word: belief
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...least thinks Sir Honry Dickens, a son of the famous Charles, who is a dispenser of the King's justice in London. A short time ago an incident occurred which irromediably shattered. Sir Henry's inherlted confidence in the fundamental goodness of his follow men, and seriously distifibed his belief in the applicability of his father's theories. A criminal was brought up for sentence, and instead of committing him forthwith to prison, the son of Charles Dickens found him a job and placed him on parole. Three months later the man was again in the dock. Sir Henry...
...there remained a possibility that the Senate might not do as expected-that some Senators might reverse their votes after the President's veto. The House. The first attempt to pass the bill over the veto was made in the House. In part it justified the belief that the bill would be easily, passed over the veto. In part it added to the hopes of those who wanted the Senate to sustain the veto. With the veto only two days old, the House stood up and voted. A two-thirds vote was necessary to override the President. The totals...
...Alfonso XIII, Spain's ruler, celebrated his 38th birthday. In a note to the press I rendered him a tribute of which the following was alleged to be a translation: 'I desire to give homage to His Majesty the King on his 38th birthday. It is my belief that King Alfonso XIII is the wisest, most intelligent and most patriotic monarch in Europe. He is graced with a profound love of his people and with superlative knowledge and statecraft. Spain is indeed fortunate in possessing such a sovereign who had he not been born a King would, nevertheless...
...from any love of this bill in itself, but because they want attention and aid for disabled veterans and decline to wait another six years for a saner program. President Coolidge's veto message declaring the bill "economically unsound and morally unjust" expresses to the letter the sincere belief of the overwhelming majority. The new legislation owes its impetus and success at this time, to the desire of an able, if unscrupulous, opposition to discomfit the President by forcing his hand. Their, act, after succeeding in only the latter point, is rapidly turning itself into a boomerang. Mr. Coolidge...
...necessity of building up amicable international relationships through the medium of sports. "The future of civilization," he said, "depends on the help and cooperation of the English speaking people. Water Hines Page in his letters has said 'The ignorance of peoples about each other is beyond all belief." If this is true, it is necessary to remove that irgnorance, a task which cannot be accomplished solely through propaganda...