Word: embroils
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...They [the Jews] ... are using their not inconsiderable influence in the Press and in Parliament to embroil us with Germany." Thus wrote the Very Rev. William Ralph ("The Gloomy Dean") Inge, retired dean of London's St. Paul's Cathedral, in the Church of England Newspaper. When the fuming British press demanded proofs, the lemoncholy divine admitted: "I have no direct knowledge...
...having political influence, was merely cashiered. This year Japan's need of trained officers in China put him back in uniform, and it would be strictly in character for Colonel Hashimoto and his fanatical clique to think the best thing they could do for Japan would be to embroil her in war with the U. S. and other "Foreign Dogs...
Ominous predictions of a major conflict which will embroil all nations of Europe in the near future and a strong plea for American cooperation in world affairs were made in an interview by Harold J. Laski, Professor of Political Science in the University of London...
Last week this belief was justified. Off Bordeaux in the Bay of Biscay the Mar Cantabrico was cornered by the White Spanish cruiser Canarias. In an effort to embroil Britain, the Mar Cantabrico flashed frantic radio calls for help, signed them with the letters of one of Britain's Elder Dempster liners. To the rescue of "an unidentified British ship" while Europe waited breathless rushed the destroyers Echo, Escapade, Eclipse, and Encounter. Arriving first, Echo reported that the Mar Cantabrico's, crew had been taken off by the Canarias "so presumably the ship sank." Next...
...large, however, it is questionable for a president of Harvard who is, in effect, dean of American educators to embroil himself in political questions. If, as President Conant evidently believes, the precedent may "eventually jeopardize the liberties guaranteed under the Bill of Rights", there can be no doubt as to the compelling necessity for him to protest, for the maintenance of "freedom of speech and inquiry" is the very staff of life for educational institutions. Deprived of such liberty, they perish intellectually, even though their material shell be preserved...