Word: commenter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Comment on Hooverism by outstanding figures included the following...
Avala reported Stefan Raditch to have provoked Government Deputies by shouting at them: "You are not men! YOU ARE SWINE!" That his remark does not constitute provocation for murder, among Jugoslavs, was indicated by TIME's comment that, " 'swine' is almost the favorite epithet bandied in Balkan parliaments...
Though the jest seemed a trifle obscure, it had its elements of daring, for the Foreign Minister might have been referring to his Queen, his Country or both, or neither. On the whole, Jonkheer Beelaerts appeared content with his pleasantry, for he plunged at once into crisp, forthright comment: "True, gentlemen, we are adjusting a frontier dispute with our good Belgian friends. ... If I may say so without offense, it is the product of the War mentality. Belgium is claiming the two provinces lying south of the Scheldt river on the ground, that it would give them the control...
...curious comment on it all came from New York Supreme Court Justice William Harmon Black (a trustee of Dr. Straton's church) who said...
Though U. S. naval officers dared not comment officially on the raising of the F-14 within 34 hours, one gallant U.S. Rear-Admiral described the feat privily at Washington as "a miracle of efficiency and speed." Citizens of the U. S. were touched to learn that Captain Weil of the F-14 entered in his diary just before asphyxiation overcame him these words: "We are waiting. We hope...