Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...week the Commission answered in the words of its President, "Not yet." Said President Dr. Jonkheer J. Loudon, sturdy Netherlander: "It is evident that the world political situation is not yet ripe. . . . We must prepare public opinion not to expect wonders at once. . . . Discussion has shown that an agreement cannot be reached until public opinion in many lands has drawn nearer to a common focus, permitting governments to modify their positions. . . ." Progress. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, recipient of the first Wilson "Peace Prize"* (TIME, Dec. 15, 1924) and British delegate on the Preparatory Commission, described the Commission's "progress...
...cannot define the term "Bull'; but I can best describe it in the words of grand old Sir Boyle Roche, 'The Father of the Irish Bull.' He used to say, 'Supposing you see three cows standing up in a field and one of them lying down, that one is the bull...
This system has grown up on the assumption that the responsibilities of marriage are undertaken as much between the families as between the lovers. Therefore, if office building contacts lead to irresponsible marriages, the families affected cannot be expected to assume the same responsibilities as heretofore, and, in the words of the Secret Service report: "The tendency . . . naturally is alarming ... so far as the well-being of the nation is concerned...
...thing I cannot understand. How can you always be here, not only on time but some-times several hours ahead, while you?" and he glared at the expensive parquet and balcony? "with automobiles and every convenience in the world, are utterly unable to do the same thing...
Said he: "America has been extraordinarily kind to me. But I cannot wholly admire your civilization. There is too much noise and speed, too much emphasis on mere material prosperity, too much desire to show off and attract attention, and too much selling...