Word: conflictingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some 300 prisoners were produced by the Federals, and some 200 by the Rebels, the only tangible evidence that both sides had made gains. In Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, where sympathy with the Rebels runs high, reports were zealously circulated that "a long conflict is in prospect, and, should decisive victory prove impossible, the Rebel states may be expected to secede." Uruguayans hope fervently to enlarge their little republic by welcoming in a few Brazilian secession states...
...retain some disciplinary check on the student. In a university where even the faculty upholds liberalism to a point amounting almost to a fetish, where paternalism never rears its ugly head, and where a premium is placed on individual responsibility, the system of hour examinations is a paradox; a conflict between fine theory and actual practice. Since they mean nothing, their abolition, except possibly for the first year, would remove from Harvard another petty trace of secondary school education...
Double Cross? What did this mean? The Corps Diplomatique hoped it did not mean that Monsignor Seipel was ready to plunge Austria into civil war. Out of such a conflict might come restoration of the Throne of Austria to famed "Little Otto," the Habsburg pretender styled "His Most Catholic Majesty the Emperor and King" ? but were not things becoming somewhat too premature and crude...
...When a conflict cannot be fixed up outside of court the case is brought before the judge and Mr. Donovan tells him what information he has discovered and makes recommendations as to what should be done. Frequently offending persons are placed on probation with an order to report weekly to the probation officer and sometimes to pay him a fixed amount of money for the support of the offender's family. Mr. Donovan follows up the case to see that the order of the court is obeyed. If the family is getting along without any further trouble he advises...
Cheerfully concluded President Hoover: "Nationwide cooperation and team play and the absence of conflict during this depression have increased the stability and wholesomeness of our industrial and social structure. . . . We find inspiration in the courage of our employers . . . which gives confidence for the future and confirms our belief in fundamental human righteousness...