Word: deterred
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...small: or, rather, there are none for him of this latter class." Indeed, neither business disasters which impaired his fortune, the bitter calumnies of a few political enemies, nor his private grief at the death of his wife and of his son Joseph, worn out in the service, could deter this stalwart patriot from giving the fullest measure of service to the cause in which he had a high and reverend faith...
...Washington Conference bound the U. S., Britain, France (not ratified), Italy and Japan to refrain from using poisonous gases against one another. (Prof. Haldane remarks: "Of course they will use such humane weapons as bayonets, shells and incendiary bombs.") The Washington Conference did nothing to deter the nations from buying gases in preparation for war. That is left to the League Conference at Geneva...
...national Law Association considered the Experts' reparations plan, passed resolutions which were forwarded to Colonel James A. Logan, U. S. unofficial representative at the present reparations conversations in Paris. Kernel of these resolutions was the advocacy of immediate payment of U. S. claims against Germany (as soon as deter- mined by the commission at Washington) by the issuance of U. S. bonds based on long-term German obligations...
...these crimes was not the result of any action taken by the Executive. . . . When discovery was threatened, instead of aid and assistance from the Executive Branch there were hurried efforts to suppress testimony, to discourage witnesses, to spy upon investigators and finally, by trumped-up indictment, to frighten and deter them from the pursuit. . . . With what patience shall we greet the libelous suggestion that, after all, these are but incidents provoked by the demoralization attendant upon the Great War? . . . Shall we forget that no taint of dishonesty or corruption has ever attached to any man who held public office during...
Consequently, those grim optimists who look to see war abolished with the appearance of more effective weapons neglect the most important factor--the human element. When humanity has lost a certain fraction, It cries for peace. Before that time, the more threat of untried devices is unlikely to deter any nation which feels the cosmic urge of battle...