Word: convey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...instance belong to the people them selves, and the operation and ownership of a going business [e.g., railroads]." He defended his Prohibition proposal only by reiterating that it was oldtime Jeffersonian States-rights doctrine. He mocked Nominee Hoover with his own acceptance-speech phrase, "We shall use words to convey our meaning, not to hide it," and dismissed the "Socialism" speech as "the cry of the special interests." Political effects of the exchange were immediate. The Hoover speech undoubt edly solidified portions of the Business vote of the U. S. It also hastened the pro-Smith declaration of independent Senator...
...cheering on the appearance of the Happy Warrior was the peak of the New England trip, perhaps the peak of his campaign. When it was stilled, Mrs. Sayre quoted what Woodrow Wilson said of Alfred Emanuel Smith. Another outburst. Then the Nominee spoke: ". . . We shall use words to convey our meaning?if the orators in the gallery will only just subside shall use words to convey our meaning, not to hide...
...main concern of Nominee Smith's speech last week at Boston. The technique was characteristically Smithian, taking a text out of his opponent's mouth and working for a reductio ad absurdum. The Boston text was Mr. Hoover's: "We shall use words to convey our meaning, not to hide...
Busses will be waiting at Mt. Auburn Street to convey the members of the rank and file to the corner of Fairfield Street and Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, where the big Hoover demonstration which is scheduled to take place will be joined...
...Pancake's opposition to the proposed change was vigorous. He noted that senders of social cables (13% of cable business) will profit by the new rates, requiring only a 13? MUPJY to convey the thought that "all are well and enjoy ourselves," while large users (87% of business) will bear the burden of the increase...