Word: elementalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...started as a quasi-political attack on a presidential appointment is turning into a battle over the fundamental principles of government. Backed by evidence of Judge Parker's hostile attitude towards trade unions and negro voting, the opponents of the North Carolina jurist claim that he will augment that element of the Court which interprets the law literally, rather than siding with that trio of dissenters, Holmes and Stone and Brandeis, who make law a means...
White-haired, conventional Senator Deneen, ardent Y. M. C. A. worker that he is, was appealing to the ''better element" of the state, making "law-and-order"' his prime slogan. Esposito, his friend, once ran the Bella Napoli, was reputed in his day to be as monstrous a gangster as Alphonse ("Scarface") Capone. Senator Deneen stood as godfather for an Esposito child, partook of the Esposito baptismal feast, had himself photographed with the family. In March 1928, Esposito was shot down with 58 lead slugs in his head, according to Senator Deneen's count...
...against Mr. Brown, a Vare-Mellon deal has to be made, with Secretary Davis dropped as the price of electing Brown; 4) William Scott Vare remains more of a political power in Pennsylvania today than he ever was before the Senate rejected him, by simply waiting until the other element of his party got off-balance and then giving two ambitious friends of his a push...
...admirable snake in the grass with a most gracious smile for his puppets and a devastating frown for his enemies. In the midst of prodigious excitement and complication he seemed to keep a very clear head and came within an ace of being the victor. The comedy element in the guise of Sieur de Beringhen, Gordon Hart, was effective in spite of the fact that his elongated person did not particularly suggest a gourmand. Ernest Rowan as Chevalier de Mauprat was just a bit enthusiastic, but the high flavor of his lines excused that. The person...
...Chemical Dictionary says "Berzelium, a supposed element of atomic weight 212 found by Baskerville in thorium salts...