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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very striking thins," he said, "that the troubles of the world today, and they are more than troubles-the agonies-in Europe, seem to me due to the very temporary method in which all nations have tried to defend themselves from what seemed to them great dangers. War is a temporary remedy only; but it leaves permanent and lasting hatreds and antagonisms. I am sorry to say our own country is not taking part in a permanent and durable remedy which will prevent ware in the future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELOT DEPLORES FAILURE OF THE U. S. TO ENTER LEAGUE | 11/21/1924 | See Source »

...Harvard." The two Freshman teams will meet each other to determine the champion of the 1928 class, team A taking the affirmative and team B, the negative. The other two will meet to determine the upper class champion. The Juniors will take the affirmative and the Sophomores will defend the negative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAME FOUR TEAMS TO COMPETE IN INTERCLASS DEBATE SERIES | 11/18/1924 | See Source »

...barren steppes of the American desert. The generation at school will learn by rote that the penalty of thinking further or faster than their sainted ancestors is "death, destruction, poverty, starvation, disease, and anarchy." George Washington, himself a radical and revolutionist, will be summoned from his grave to defend the constitutional guarantees of "life, liberty, justice, security, and opportunity." The American Legion, that distinguished organ of intellectuality, and toleration, will furnish speakers ad libitum for mass meetings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PATRIOTISM STRAIGHTENERS | 11/18/1924 | See Source »

...Bavarian Generals declared a social boycott against ex-First Quartermaster General Erich von Ludendorff because the latter declared that ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht, virtual King of Bavaria, had (TIME, Nov. 19, 1923). Further, he had demanded that the ex-Crown Prince should appear before a court of honor to defend himself. The Bavarian Generals demanded an apology and were said to have expected challenges to duels. General von Ludendorff has ever preserved a Ku Klux Klan attitude toward the House of Wittelsbach (that of Prince Rupprecht) because it is Catholic. "Ludy" is a fire-eating Protestant and pins his faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Election Campaign | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

Lawyer Louis Marshall, presiding, took exception to Mr. Darrow's criticism of the bench. "It has been said that the courts never assign first-class lawyers to defend poor men charged with murder. I can give testimony that this is not true in New York City. ... I say this in the interest of a fair view of a great subject." Lewis Lawes, warden of Sing Sing, also present, indicated that he was op posed to capital punishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Debate | 11/3/1924 | See Source »

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