Word: conflicted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...national wealth is greater than that of Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy combined. 3) A restrictive immigration law which prevents unfair competition with our labor. 4) Help for the farmers by extension of $500,000,000 in rural credits and permitting co-operative marketing without conflict with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 5) A policy of economy which has reduced expenditure per annum from $6,141,000,000 in 1921 to approximately $3,500,000,000 in 1926; brought down the national debt five billions of dollars, or 20 per cent and made agreements with our allies...
Sunshine. With winning personality, fine restraint, resonant voice, Actor O. P. Heggie inspires Sunshine to meagre life. As an honest, easy-going country lawyer, he apotheosizes kindliness. Dramatic conflict raises its cruel head when it is discovered that his dearly beloved, departed wife had once been indiscreet in Kansas. Therefore, by a technicality of nature, Sunshine Dave's daughter, light of his life, is really the offspring of a successful manufacturer. Everyone rejoices when Sunshine wages a stern, successful battle for the idealized halo of his wife's memory and preservation of his home life. Actor Heggie saves...
...closely, knew it thoroughly. By telephone he had assembled the streetcar operators, the workers and the city's Commission Council. To them he now marched and with a few crisp words of common sense, a bit of gruff humor and some judicious ejaculations, soon brought concord out of conflict. The strike was off. New Orleans, in hot August, did not walk to its work or play. The carmen adopted a resolution of thanks to Editor Ballard for "injecting" himself into their affairs. It was most unusual for a 20th century editor, in a big city, to do such...
...World's correspondent, Mr. Arthur Constantine, then proudly cinched his interview by obtaining from the 72-year-old prelate two huskily whispered sentences of touching import: "Si me toca morir en este conflicto, esta, den. Morire con gloria." ("If it be my turn to die in this conflict, very well, I shall die with glory...
Augusto B. Leguia, president of Peru, "bantam Mussolini," addressed to President Calles an appeal: "I view with deep sorrow the religious conflict which is developing in Mexico, that beautiful twin country of Peru. ... I take the liberty of begging Your Excellency to incline your powerful will toward the re-establishment of harmony with the Church...