Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...deep-chested, leather-lunged, he is one of the best rough-and-tumble stump speakers in the country and an unrivaled storyteller. Not a profound man, not a polished man, not a studious man, he is shrewd, vigorous, alert and likable, with his humbuggery and sincerity mixed in about equal proportions. He believes in at least half of the things he says, which is a pretty good proportion for a Senator...
...French War debt, Mr. Churchill stated in plain terms the attitude of His Majesty's Government. '"We consider it essential," he stated, "that any payments made by our debtors in Europe to their creditors in the United States should be accompanied simultaneously and pari passu [with equal pace] by proportionate payments to Britain." (Cheers...
...yesterday was in excellent condition and afforded Coach Dempsey a chance to give all the men an equal chance to prove their worth. Four teams were picked from among the Freshmen and Second team men by the coaches and put through a hard scrimmage...
Unfortunately, the resolution of the former soldier to see the treasures of capitalists offered in measure equal to his own sacrifice of flesh and blood, bred by a war's bitter experience, can hardly be undone by any number of conservative journals or by any deluge of warning editorials. American veterans seem unanimous in their intention to exact this un-bankerlike concession from the next congress, as it forced the bonus from the last. The Legion may still be led on the still-hunt for indigo-colored witches; but in the matter of the payment of war, it knows...
...cannot die. If you think it can, you are wrong, and history will prove it to you." Then, with a change of tone - a tone of kindly exhortation instead of domineering challenge - the Premier enunciated his peroration: "The hour is grave, and you know it. But you will be equal to the gravity of this moment, because your minds are illuminated by the thought of the King and of the destinies of our country, now and in the future." The Senate showed confidence in the Premier by 206 to 54 votes. Thirty-five Senators abstained from voting...