Word: confront
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...irritation to rule his Salisbury head. He accused the U. S. of using more opium and narcotic drugs than the people of India, whose sacred rights he was also representing.- Such absurd charges all but broke up the conference. Mr. Porter took the earliest opportunity of rising to confront Lord Cecil with his black slander on the U. S. A situation had undoubtedly been created that called for diplomatic handling. Mr. Porter was anything but suave, he fell in Lord Cecil's error, replied angrily that the charge was a false and vile slander. Once Lord Cecil arose...
...fragile an educative purpose, about as comprehensible as pure theology, it is plain that the aim of education is not to implant in young intellects any given set of dogmas--even the very interesting dogmas of the dogma-hating Mr. Mencken. Education does not ignore the issues that confront the modern world, but, avoiding the ex cathedra dictation of belief, tries to lead the student to reason for himself, to cull and consider to become a thinking atom in a difficult universe of conflicting purposes...
Alleging advanced age and illness as an excuse for no longer being able to face the problems which confront the Chinese Government, Premier Sun Pao-chi tendered his resignation and those of his Ministers to President Tsao...
...There is a great deal of satisfaction," President Coolidge says, "in the knowledge that so many young men and women now in college are taking interest in the problems which confront the nation. Indifference towards national affairs is indifference towards the welfare of the country, in the government of which they all will have a part. Those who are enjoying the advantages of a college training should fully appreciate that the duties of citizenship are not to be entered upon lightly...
...occasionally is a book published that may be called startling. Yet this term is readily applied to "The New Decalogue of Science" by A. E. Wiggam. Indeed the book appears to come as a bold challenge at a time when too few writers have the courage or inclination to confront this country with some of the distinct failures of American democracy and of civilization in general. Out of a vast supply of evidence and practical proof, Mr. Wiggam has selected the material to make out a surprising case against the present trends in human development. With unusual clarity...