Word: breach
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...before I could even begin to frame a sentence, I was seized from both sides and ejected forcibly from the hall. The outrage left me flaming with indignation on the steps. To realize that Harvard, which makes so much of its traditional free speech should tolerate such a flagrant breach of its principles by its hirelings! I determined that this atrocity should be followed up immediately. It was, As I picked myself up the doors behind me were opened and a shower of my books and papers caromed off my head...
...Ohlin 1G. showed that Sweden, because of its reconciliation with Norway after the breach of 1905 and its acquiescence to the League of Nations decision in regard to the Aaland Islands, does all in its power to cooperate in the maintenance of world peace...
...February, put the production so far below normal that feverish speculation ensued. Denials, contradictions, and corrections only added to the confusion and at last Mr. Daugherty took up the cudgels, armed with an injunction. But the court refused to grant the injunction, and now Mr. Hylan has entered the breach, heedless of the aphorism that "fools rush in where angels fear to tread". In a proclamation on Saturday the Mayor declared that "the government has failed to help us. Let us help ourselves", and called "on all good citizens in their homes to observe Monday of each week as 'Sugarless...
...naval base at Singapore-extreme south of the Malay Peninsula. It was stated that Britain had no port in the Far East where a capital ship could be docked. It was felt, nevertheless, that while the projected naval base was not actually a breach of the Washington Conference Naval Treaty it certainly infringed the spirit of the agreement. Colonel Amery, First Lord of the Admiralty, in his speech said that the base was designed to maintain the British navy in eastern waters. He then remarked: " No self-respecting Power can afford indefinitely to be dependent upon another power...
...Evening Standard: " A striking breach of recognized international courtesy...