Word: deterent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lost may be found, their policy is to persevere in their search. This attitude brought about the recent discoveries in Egypt. But, as the credulous will point out, this discovery was bought at the price of Lord Carnarvon's death, and the curse of ancient Egypt still exists to deter any future explorers...
...head of the Turkish delegation at Lausaune, gave evidence of Turkish intractibility by informing Joseph C. Grew, the United States Observer, that Turkey would cancel the Chester concession if America insisted upon special rights for her citizens in Turkey. Grew replied tersely to the effect that nothing would deter him from protecting United States citizens and their commercial interests...
...probably a good deal more than that. Although he was born in Alexandria of Greek and Russian parentage, he is a French citizen, living for a good part of each year in a magnificent chateau outside Paris. His French citizenship, however, does not deter him from accepting and using a British title. His apparent business is Continental sales agent for Vickers and other large munitions factories in Britain; beneath and beyond this no man knows the limit of his influence. He is also a great philanthropist, having established large numbers of orphanages throughout Europe...
...useful work. To seek an education with a fairly definite idea as to what the world needs, even though the world is willing to pay well for it, harmonizes perfectly with a social purpose. The fact that you will be well paid for your work need not deter you, provided the work is useful...
...This long term of office, coupled with the general unsettled condition and other issues brought on by the War developed a tremendous reaction. No issue and no candidate could have saved democracy from defeat. The people were impatient. They were ready to turn over in bed and nothing could deter them. Such a sweeping victory is inevitably followed by a reaction, and so this year there will undoubtedly be a reaction from the Republican's overwhelming victory of two years ago. The particular interest in this election is what that reaction will show as forecasting the Presidential election...