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Word: compact (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...graced Fourth of July functions with references to the "starry flag" and the glorious "king of birds" has always exhorted his audiences to avail themselves of that "scared privilege of every redblooded American,--the right to vote." And too often the "sacred privilege" has been utilized by a compact, well-organized body of men who make politics their business,--and by very few others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A POLITICAL STOCK-WHIP | 9/30/1922 | See Source »

...post-war difficulties centers about the amount of the payments exacted from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles; and yet, as Lloyd George has said, the treaties did not cause the reparations. Their creation is due to the fact that there is something to repair. If the Versailles compact is altered, the burden is merely shifted from Germany to France without solving the problem. In dealing with the whole question Britain, or that portion of Britain still controlled by Lloyd George, must be guided by two considerations. If payments are insisted upon beyond the power of Germany...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PATIENT--EUROPE | 4/4/1922 | See Source »

...building adjoining the newspaper office, which I described in my last letter, we found a pile of mutilated leaves, of a smaller size and more compact than those of the newspaper. These also proved to contain writing when subjected to the water test. As we had difficulty in entering this building, which was in the nature of a cell, we came to the conclusion that it was a storehouse either for precious documents or for matter which had been banned and stored away from the public eye under lock and key. The material in the documents, which took the form...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 1/18/1922 | See Source »

Recently we warmed up to the subject of a compact and uniform cheering section, in order that we might be able to keep up with the rooters of our football opponents. That is half the story; this is the other half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 10/5/1921 | See Source »

...Labor or to the Liberals, and one, at Woolwich, was saved for the Coalition by resumed, there can be no possible harm in signing the agreement and pleasing Labor. True, the Commons may turn down the agreement, the Kronstadt, uprising may be successful, or the courts may rule the compact worthless, yet Lloyd George will have done his best for Labor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOVIET TRADE | 3/23/1921 | See Source »

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