Word: dismissiveness
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...Fascist Labor M.P.'s as rancid. "We have no wish to humiliate Italy nor to weaken Italy," cried Britain's Secretary. "Indeed, we are most anxious to see a strong Italy in the world. ... I appeal once more to Signor Mussolini and his fellow countrymen. . . . Let them dismiss from their minds the suspicion that we wish to weaken Signor Mussolini's position and destroy the Fascist regime. . . . There is not a nation taking part in the collective action of the League that would not be delighted to see friendly relations between themselves and Italy restored and sanctions...
...collaborators at close to 100,000. Portentous is the first of their contributions to appear, on page 40 of Vol. I, published in 1926. It is embodied in a footnote dropped from a sentence beginning: "The American temperament included adaptiveness, a willingness more prompt than among other peoples to dismiss the old and try the new. . . ." The footnote: "Mr. Herbert Hoover thinks this point should be emphasized. . . ." "The Twenties." Like its five best selling predecessors, "The Twenties" is lively, readable, honest, superficial, rich in color, anecdote and detail. Occasionally bumbling in literary style, it lacks coherence, is reflective...
Consure of a Harvard President for his stand on infant baptism, two attempts at forcing oath bills on the University, and a wartime cry from alumni to dismiss certain German facultymen were among incidents in Harvard's past mentioned by Samuel E. Morison '08, Historian of the Tercentenary and professor of History, addressing last night's anniversary celebration in Sanders Theatre...
...this seemingly generous offer, the opposition pastors returned a flat and unanimous "No." Behind the appearance of the State's abject surrender, they spotted the finesse that Minister Kerrl, although promising to appoint opposition clerics, reserved the right to dismiss them as soon as opposition congregations had drained off into his German Christian Church...
Last week a Federal judge in Ancon, C. Z. directed a jury to dismiss, for insufficient evidence, the first count?that Publisher Rounsevell had compared Colonel James V. Heidt to Adolf Hitler, in an editorial intimating misuse of company funds...