Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Smith has brought the matter [Prohibition] into the open; he has destroyed the atmosphere of secrecy and insincerity that surrounded it; it cannot again be relegated to the hush-hush closet. From sheer gratitude for this clearing of a most poisonous atmosphere-which the Republican party and Mr. Hoover are both breathing and perpetuating-I shall vote for Mr. Smith...
...Talking about fooling the people-let's devote just a few minutes to this question of prohibition. . . . I know perfectly well that the President of the United States cannot amend the Constitution. Mr. Hughes does not have to tell me that. I know that, and what is more, I know that he knows that I know...
...importance of these three flights cannot be overestimated. Although ocean flights are undeniably more romantically spectacular they are scarcely more perilous, and, certainly at the present moment, hardly as important to the advancement of practical aviation. Commercial flying must continue for.a while to be chiefly over land...
...this is not eliminating gravity, as Englishman Tate last week declared that he had done. No scientist yet knows just what gravity is, and until someone does know it cannot be overcome...
...idea of Promoter Pickens that the world of sport, like a modern marathon, moves in cycles. The time has now come for a resuscitation of long distance running; the best long distance runner in the world is this jolly timid Algerian, who cannot speak a word of English and shakes hands in a complicated. North African fashion. Promoter Pickens chose him to make the marathon famous again...