Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Exchequer Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Journalism, dare-devil soldiering, music, history-book-scrivening,* politics, dabbing with oil paints - these are a few of the careers of Winston, who entered the War as Chief of the British Admiralty, switched to Secretary of War and later Air, emerged from the conflict as Colonial Secretary, became Chancellor of the Exchequer and four years ago put the depreciated pound sterling back on gold. Last week a hearty cheer greeted the versatile, rubicund, dynamic Chancellor as he bustled into the house at 3:18, just three minutes after Edward of Wales had taken, his favorite...
...emphasis on strategy always deflects policy. ... It is policy which ought first to be determined. ... If indications are given from responsible sources that in the event of constabulary action against a [Kellogg-Briand] covenant-breaking state, the navies of the two countries will act together, one area of possible conflict is greatly reduced...
...belongs to the department of moral force. A battle is the conflict of two mills. Victory is a moral superiority on the part of the conqueror and a moral depression on the part of the conquered...
...illustration," the jurors who made the award were unquestionably thinking of the drawing as a Kent, not as a Hammarstrom product. Had Marcus & Co. argued that the prize winning advertisement was a Marcus & Co. achievement for which no personal credit should be given, their position would not be in conflict with the Harvard Award system, which generally glorifies organizations rather than individuals. What chiefly troubles Mr. Kent (and puzzles the advertising world) is that, having decided to give personal credit, Marcus & Co. put the laurel wreath upon the Hammarstrom brow...
...conflict between the ancient tribal religion and the modern manners being adopted is often ludicrous. The African negro has no deity, but, in its place, a host of superstitions. These assume every possible form and apply to every thing. For instance, the wife of the chief is supposed to spit on the gun to insure success in the hunt. When I once failed to bag my game it was suggested that one of the women had failed to spit, and should be imprisoned! In another case the same man who drives a Ford in the afternoon may feel secure from...