Word: defers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Swiftly, now, the elastic League machinery resumes its normal course. The Commission votes to defer additional debate on the Soviet proposal until it meets again, in March. Litvinov has to be content with this, and seems not unhappy amid such pleasant surroundings. He is receiving scores of congratulatory messages. One is from Mrs. Henry Villard,* Chairman of the Manhattan Women's Peace Society. Cables she: "Thrilled by Russia's forward step toward world peace, the only one possible if we would really have true peace between nations...
...human rights. The real enemies of our institutions are nomen like Sacco and Vanzettil whose criticisms are outspoken and can be met, while their constructions are Utoplan. Our real enemies are those who defend the indefensible, who refuse to acknowledge errors obvious to all thoughtful men, and who defer to lesser interests that primary concern for justice without which no law is worthy of respect and no government worthy of obedience
...meeting of the Student Council held last night, W. G. Saltonstall '28 was appointed chairman of the committee to arrange for the Senior room drawings on the Yard. A petition that boxing be made a minor sport was considered, but it was decided to defer action till the sport was further developed through class and intramural teams...
...Captain Landsdowne fixed his own time for making the flight into the Middle West, and was also given absolute discretion as to the route to be followed going and coming. He did not think the flight should be made during the months of July and August. His wish to defer the voyage from July to September was complied with by the department...
...foreign Governments; for in the present spirit of the world there would be abundant sympathy for the unfortunate rulers, but little practical help. On the other hand, if the King signs the bill, then he will alienate the Opposition, which now supports him. In this way he could defer his dethronement, but sooner or later the Opposition would "get" him, as it has recently made plain it would do. The wisest course, but perhaps not safer than signing the bill, would be to refer the whole question to a referendum of the people, many of whom, however, would be incapable...