Word: dissenter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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None the less, the many obvious grounds of dissent at Geneva last week among Germany's onetime enemies, gave Count von Bernstorff an opportunity for polite but insidious irony which he was unable to resist. The Count, whose vivid charm of manner won him much social popularity in Washington before his "undiplomatic"** intrigues as pre-War German Ambassador were discovered, arose at Geneva last week and spoke with a malicious twinkle in his eye: "The delegates should apply to their nations the same rules which they applied in disarming Germany. . . . Talk of 'regional security' would seem slightly out of place...
...place for the Harvard Memorial is in the college yard. The location has not been definitely decided upon, but we should suppose there would be but little dissent from the selection of site indicated by the plan submitted by the committee. It should be in the yard amidst the surroundings that are most typical of Harvard, where Harvard memories most numerously throng, and where Harvard men are reminded at almost every step of Harvard history and Harvard traditions. Examination of the drawings Indicate that the church as planned will improve greatly the general balance and harmony of the yard, facing...
...general spirit of uneasiness and dissent within the party was made evident, however, when a Major Hore-Belisha slapped a man named Pringle publicly across the mouth, because he had groundlessly accused the Major of writing a certain anonymous newspaper article...
Last year, there was a chorus of protest. This year, there was only a weak peep of dissent...
...only dissent came from Governor Albert C Ritchie, Democrat, of Maryland. He objected that "many of our civilians and many of the members of the National Guard, too . . . already have made preliminary plans for outings on that day [July 4]. . . . I do not feel like asking either citizens or National Guardsmen to curtail their recreation for the test." He consulted with his adjutant general and declined to extend mobilization orders to civilians...